2016 August

A new space train concept could cut travel time to Mars down to 2 days from 260 Charles Bombardier, a…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The Pipe is a finalist in the 2016 Land Art Generator Initiative, a competition to combine clean…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many crimes go unresolved because there are no witnesses but now a new technique can…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When are killer robots a good thing? When they’re saving the Earth.   Where there…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 3D printing could give infertile couples new hope.   Northwestern University scientists have created a prosthetic…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Geneticists are now capable of creating new forms of life that are completely resistant to…

This might complicate our which came first question… There have been five mass extinction events since the Earth formed, the…

Intels dominance of the data center chip market is keeping Google execs awake at night, now they’re reaching for the night…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Late to mobile and late to the Internet of Everything Intel’s also late to catching…

The US Air Force has plans to improve radio communication over long distances by detonating plasma bombs in the upper…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI’s might destroy other AI’s but at least humanity is safe…?   The chief scientist…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Mother drones that can control and coordinate swarms of drones could have applications in the…