Chemists Grew A “Synthetic Brain” That Stores Memories in Silver

An interesting option worth pursuing:

https://futurism.com/self-assembling-circuits-resemble-brain-stores-memories/

Quantum Computing, Now and In the (Not Too Distant) Future

A quick primer on quantum computers:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/26/quantum-computing-now-and-in-the-not-too-distant-future/

US Military Files Patent for Room-Temperature Superconductor

This is exciting:

https://futurism.com/room-temperature-superconductor-patent

IBM’s ‘Project Debater’ AI Lost to a Human—But Put Up Quite a Fight

And now A.I. is coming after our arguing skills. My YouTube channel may soon be rendered obsolete:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/25/ibms-project-debater-ai-lost-to-a-human-but-put-up-quite-a-fight/

Major breakthrough may lead to universal flu vaccine

Here's one way to save a few hundred thousand lives each year:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/major-breakthrough-may-lead-to-universal-flu-vaccine

Scientists Have Created Synthetic DNA with 4 Extra Letters

VERY curious to see what characteristics could be ultimately generated by this:

https://www.livescience.com/64829-hachimoji-dna.html

The Pediatric AI That Outperformed Junior Doctors

A.I. is going to replace a lot of those in fields requiring some of the highest levels of education:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/20/the-pediatric-ai-that-outperformed-junior-doctors/

Official statement cautioning consumers against receiving young donor plasma infusions

Just in case anyone is thinking of spending the thousands of dollars required for "young blood":

https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm631568.htm

Machine learning 'causing science crisis'

I'm not happy about this:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47267081

Elon Musk-backed AI Company Claims It Made a Text Generator That's Too Dangerous to Release

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-backed-ai-company-claims-it-made-a-text-gener-1832650914

Scientists Are Totally Rethinking Animal Cognition

Just interesting stuff:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/what-the-crow-knows/580726/

Deepfakes go bigger

Welp, we writers are going to be rendered obsolete before too long:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-7bf5eca2-acb4-40fd-bd45-b5382c1af0b4.html

This Walking Robot Navigates Using the Sun, No GPS Required

https://gizmodo.com/this-walking-robot-navigates-using-the-sun-no-gps-requ-1832599931

China Is Building a Solar Power Station in Space

By 2025. I was really hoping we would be first on this:

https://futurism.com/study-microdosing-fights-depression-improves-focus

Anti-Aging Drug That Kills Old Cells Passes First Human Trial

Anti-aging and no real side effects? I'm interested:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/anti-aging-drug-old-cells

New Artificial Leaf Design Could Absorb Far More CO2

10x as efficient! This could be the path to reversing climate change:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/artificial-leaves-convert-co2-fuel

NASA's Opportunity Rover Declared Dead After Record-Breaking 15 Years on Mars

R.I.P. Opportunity. That was a long three months:

http://time.com/5528877/nasa-opportunity-rover-dead/

The Great Myth of the AI Skills Gap

"Our current situation isn’t any different than the past. The nature of technology has always been to create high-skilled jobs and increase worker productivity. This is good news for everyone."

I disagree. This guy is only thinking a few years into the future. But the thing is, A.I. will surely soon be smart enough to do ALL the jobs better than we can.

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/13/ai-wont-create-a-skills-gap-heres-what-will-happen-instead/

Stealth Assassins: Could the Air Force Arm F-35s with Laser Weapons?

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/stealth-assassins-could-air-force-arm-f-35s-laser-weapons-44157

Demystifying GMOs: New Research Shows Unexpected Changes in Plant DNA

CRISPR likely offers greater precision:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/11/demystifying-gmos-new-research-shows-unexpected-changes-in-plant-dna/

Mysterious Blobs Around M-Dwarf Stars May Be Bad News for Alien Life

Unfortunately, the odds of extraterrestrial life evolving may have gotten a lot smaller:

https://www.space.com/42945-mysterious-blobs-dwarf-stars-and-alien-life.html

Artificial Intelligence, China And The U.S. - How The U.S. Is Losing The Technology War

If China's aging population problem doesn't cause them to stumble, we are in trouble:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveandriole/2018/11/09/artificial-intelligence-china-and-the-us-how-the-us-is-losing-the-technology-war/#193d00061957

Fox & Friends host says he hasn’t washed hands in 10 years: ‘Germs are not a real thing — I can’t see them’

Fox taking anti-science to the next level:

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/fox-friends-host-says-hasnt-washed-hands-10-years-germs-not-real-thing-cant-see/

U.S. Wind Turbines Are Getting Less Powerful—and That's a Good Thing

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a23120126/us-wind-turbines-are-getting-less-powerfuland-thats-a-good-thing/

What Games Are Humans Still Better at Than AI?

There aren't many left:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/10/what-games-are-humans-still-better-at-than-ai/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

Penny-Sized Ionocraft Flies With No Moving Parts

Impressive but inherently small:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/pennysized-ionocraft-flies-with-no-moving-parts

Longevity & Vitality Part 3: AI Augments Healthcare and Longevity

Using A.I. to cure ANY disease:

https://www.diamandis.com/blog/longevity-blog-part-3-artificial-intelligence

China's second-mover leapfrog

Ugh.

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-3a957d89-11b8-4dde-ade1-876e6179a9f0.html

Take a look at the world's largest 3D-printed rocket engine

The technology is maturing nicely:

https://futurism.com/orbex-3d-printed-rocket-engine

The first dexterous and sentient hand prosthesis has been successfully implanted

The Bionic Woman is almost here:

http://www.detop-project.eu/news/the-first-dexterous-and-sentient-hand-prosthesis-has-been-successfully-implanted/

Controversial ‘Gene Drives’ Just Worked in Mammals for the First Time

How to speed up evolution to an insane rate:

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/06/controversial-gene-drives-just-worked-in-mammals-for-the-first-time/

Chess schmess. AI tries Pictionary

Try the game (there's a bit of a learning curve for being the drawer):

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-4d2b3b34-d0f5-4c70-921b-445deb07a23a.html?chunk=0#story0

US Army soldiers will soon be armed with these game-changing drones that fit in the palm of your hand

I could see these being highly effective in combat:

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-soldiers-will-soon-receive-these-awesome-new-pocket-sized-drones-2019-2

Neuroscientists Just Found a Way to Image the Brain 1,000 Times Faster Than Ever Before

https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/04/neuroscientists-just-found-a-way-to-image-the-brain-1000-times-faster-than-ever-before/

Watch a Super-Fast 3D Printer Scientists Call the "Replicator"

https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-replicator-3d-printer-light