143 words Andrew Yang urges global ban on autonomous weaponry
133 words World’s first slaughter-free lab grown fish - A San Diego foodtech startup has grown fillets of yellowtail fish entirely from cells, making the local company one of the most scientifically advanced in the world of lab-grown seafood.
223 words World’s first slaughter-free lab grown fish - A San Diego foodtech startup has grown fillets of yellowtail fish entirely from cells, making the local company one of the most scientifically advanced in the world of lab-grown seafood.
160 words Futurist sees ‘the end of the world as we know it for average person’: Roey Tzezana says middle-class jobs will vanish, polarization between rich and poor will grow – and it will happen faster than you think
165 words Leading geneticist George Church says reversing the aging process in humans could be 20 years away - 60 Minutes
166 words Will America's billionaires start a second Civil War to protect their wealth and power?
114 words ‘Generation Greta’: Angry youths put heat on climate talks. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of mostly young people are expected to rally in cities around the world Friday to demand that governments step up their efforts to curb climate change.
234 words Sacha Baron Cohen speaks passionately and eloquently about the need to regulate social media
281 words Sacha Baron Cohen speaks passionately and eloquently about the need to regulate social media
176 words Sacha Baron Cohen speaks passionately and eloquently about the need to regulate social media
136 words Project Silica proof of concept stores Warner Bros. ‘Superman’ movie on quartz glass
136 words SpaceX is on a mission to beam cheap, high-speed internet to consumers all over the globe. The project is called Starlink, and if it's successful it could forever alter the landscape of the telecom industry.
764 words The most frugal electric cars travel three times further than petrol or diesel for the same amount of money, study claims. Taking fueling costs into account, monthly costs for internal combustion engine cars and electric vehicles are much closer than the gap in list price might suggest.
120 words Hot Springs, Arkansas is switching over to 100 percent solar energy. " The switch to a renewable energy source will save the city an estimated $30 million over the next three decades."
137 words The US Administration is blocking the science on a renewable-powered future - A study on reaching high levels of renewable energy has been removed from the NOAA website, and an energy writer says that the release of another study has been blocked.
286 words America can learn from China’s amazing high-speed rail network
183 words Millions of young people will “storm the Bastille” if we don’t fix income inequality, 2020 candidate says - If capitalism and its wealthiest winners do not “reclaim some sort of ethical core, chaos ensues.”
127 words California passes law that prevents cities from taxing energy generated by solar rooftop projects
137 words A recent pledge by 181 American CEOs to care about more than their shareholders “had all the moral weight of a New Year’s resolution and about the same odds of being fulfilled,” says author. CEOs may promise to be ethical, but most of them do the bare minimum.
122 words We aren’t terrified enough about losing the Amazon: Scientists aren’t sure if there’s a tipping point, or how close we are to it – but it would be “absolutely catastrophic” if we cross it. “Even if it’s a remote possibility, we cannot afford to ignore it”.