$650,000 for an ultra-high-tech yacht is not an exorbitant price tag. But, there’s a catch: this one is in the metaverse – a virtual universe for a digital game. In other words, the yacht does not exist in reality and no living person can ever sail on it physically. Only players inside the game called...
American tech billionaire Jeff Bezos first brought us Amazon, which brings us, well, anything you can buy. Now, he’s trying to bring back our youth. In October 2020, some of the world’s top scientists came together for a discussion on biotechnology and anti-aging. This is where they’re at so far. Can Jeff Bezos Actually Bring...
It’s impossible to avoid ads these days. They pop up between posts on social media, in the sidebar of almost all websites, on bus station walls, and on billboards on busy streets. And in the age where human spaceflights are about to become a reality, you can’t avoid ads in space either. A Canadian startup...
An undercover investigation carried out by Cruelty Free International and Soko Tierschutz revealed the horrifying animal cruelty that animals are being subjected to at the Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology (LPT) in Mienenbuttel, Hamburg Germany [1]. According to CFI, LPT is a “family-owned contract-testing laboratory carrying out toxicity testing for pharmaceutical, industrial and agrochemical companies...
For centuries, humans have used the ocean as well as fresh waterways as a sort of dumping ground for various types of pollution, like factory farm runoff, oil, and sewage. As a result, in the United States alone, half of all rivers are too polluted to support healthy aquatic life. [1] And that pollution oftentimes...
It is sometimes frightening how well classic fiction predicts the future. For instance, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury described earbuds well before they were ever developed. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is another terrifying example. In the book, Dr. Frankenstein experimented with resuscitation using dead tissue reanimation, a treatment that was experimented with by real scientists in...
Despite the internet and social media, the world can often seem more disconnected than ever. People seem divided on almost every issue, big or small. Having not been able to leave our homes, much less travel over the last year and a half, that disconnect is even more prominent. To help bridge that gap, Lithuania...
Have you always dreamed of a life at sea but also fear being so far from home? These Manila-based architects might have the solution you’re looking for with their floating houses. The best part? They are a fully sustainable way of supporting at-risk coastal communities. (1) The Sustainable Floating Houses Project In Manila With the...
This may sound like the plot line for a sci-fi movie, but I assure you, it’s not. Scientists have created the world’s first-ever living, self-healing, programmable organism. That’s right: Creatures that are part robot, part real, biological living thing. (1) Scientists Create The First-Ever Living, Programmable Organism They can walk, swim, work in groups, survive...
Pesticides have long been used in agriculture as an effective means of getting rid of weeds and pests. However, with a rising awareness of the harmful effects of pesticides, land managers today are now looking to flamethrowing tractors that cook weeds to death. That’s right: flame weeding. Most kids grow up wanting their very own...
Technology has allowed scientists to explore some really incredible things like artificial intelligence. In doing so, they’ve made the unthinkable happen, and it could change the course of needing human pilots in the future. Artificial Intelligence Breaks Barriers The Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in California conducted a successful experimental...
The world is slowly but surely transitioning to more sustainable sources of energy. Hopefully, the not-too-distant future is a world where all of our homes, cars, and businesses are powered by renewable energy. There are several tricky things to overcome to achieve this, however, such as sustainable energy storage and conversion. This is where a...