Futures
Latest iOS Update Shows Apple Can Use Software to Break Phones Repaired by Independent Shops
"Non-genuine replacement displays may fail to work correctly."
When Going to Space Becomes Your Normal Commute
For most of spaceflight history, astronauts have been government employees. That will soon change.
‘Blade Runner 2049’ Isn't the Movie Denis Villeneuve Wanted to Make
Villeneuve is stuck in the gilded prison of the blockbuster filmmaker: You can make whatever you want, as long as it's forged from someone else’s memories.
The Dawn of a 'Transgenic Wilderness' Is Upon Us
Genetically modified hybrid animals could rehabilitate ecosystems that have been harmed by human development.
Hillary Clinton Didn’t Propose Universal Basic Income Because Centrists Won’t Fix the Future
In 'What Happened,' Clinton says she considered a universal basic income, but "couldn't make the numbers work."
Asteroid Mining Is Our Best Hope for Colonizing Mars
Asteroids will be the unsung heroes that help us become a multiplanetary species.
How We'll Eventually Control Everything With Our Minds
Brain-controlled computers are currently helping paralyzed patients, but one day they might be used to control everything around you.
Rare-Earth Nanocrystals May Be a Key Component of Building the Quantum Internet
Caltech physicists offer a crucial new technology in quantum computing.
Carbon-Nanotube Yarn Twists and Stretches To Produce High Yields of Electricity
The new material, called ‘twistron,’ is already under patent.
There's No Such Thing As a Quantum Bomb
In the future, teleportation is real. Unfortunately, so are transit snarls.