2019 September

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to project images from one person’s brain into another person’s brain is increasingly…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Drug companies are trying to find new ways to discover new blockbuster drug treatments faster,…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As the technology to create DeepFakes and synthetic content gets easier and cheaper to use…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Nature manages to pack intelligence into lean, small packages – or brains –  and researchers…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Quantum sensing systems are millions of times more sensitive than traditional sensors, and that’s a…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Space navigation is challenging so scientists are exploring new ways to use robots and automation…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As our knowledge of neural networks improves it turns out we can give almost everything…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Solar is already one of the cheapest forms on the planet, and this makes it…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As more scientists complain that Plan A to solve climate change isn’t working, some are…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Social networks are awash with human influencers, but now some virtual influencers are making more…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF One day AI’s will produce high enough quality music that rivals the music produced by…