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Could Minority Report come true in your lifetime?
What if we could know about a crime before it happens? We could avoid huge amounts of suffering — but even though that goal fuels stories like Minority Report and Person of Interest, it seems to be far...
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NASA says flags left by Apollo astronauts are still standing
A longstanding question since the days of the Apollo program is whether or not the American flags left by astronauts on the moon are still standing. Buzz Aldrin has claimed that the flag left by the...
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Sunken Nazi Submarine Found Just Off the Coast of Nantucket
It has been well documented that German submarines came disturbingly close to U.S. shores during World War II — but just how close was made all the more apparent by the recent discovery of a German...
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Size truly matters when it comes to the rhino beetle and its massive horn
When animals want to prove their reproductive fitness, they engage in some pretty fancy ornamental displays (things like peacock feathers and deer antlers). Few organisms pull this off as well as the...
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1846: The Year We Hit Peak Sperm Whale Oil
Energy experts predict that the global production of oil will soon start to decline, what's referred to as peak oil. Now while we may not be there yet, there was a time in our history when we did...
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Modern culture emerged in Africa 20,000 years earlier than anybody realized
Archeologists studying the remains of early humans in Africa have unveiled a number of ancient artifacts that push back the advent of modern culture to 44,000 years ago — way earlier than the previous...
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A deadly new strain of bird flu has spread to seals. Could humans be next?
We already know that the deadly H5N1 avian flu is only one stabilizing mutation away from being able to spread to humans. But as society nervously anticipates a potential pandemic, we get disturbing...
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How a Rat With a Brain Sensor Turned Ramez Naam From a Technologist into a...
Prior to becoming a futurist, Ramez Naam was a well respected and successful software developer and professional technologist. He was involved in the development of such products as Microsoft Internet...
View ArticleWatch these church walls twist and morph through the power of projected light
Last year, we showed you how a group of artists transformed Manhattan Bridge into a dreamscape of light and shadow. Well, they're back, and this time they're using an abandoned neo-gothic church in...
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China to make its first ever moon landing in 2013
China may have gotten off to a slow start in its efforts to explore space, but they are quickly catching up. The state Xinhua news agency has announced that China will be sending an exploratory lunar...
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Why we should look for extraterrestrial ‘bubbles’ in neighboring galaxies
There's been an exciting shift in scientific thinking about life beyond Earth recently. Extraterrestrial-seeking group SETI has started to recognize the importance of detecting alien artifacts along...
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The Future Is Unevenly Distributed
One of the big questions of futurism is what kind of world we want to live in tomorrow. But as attendees at a recent conference on futurism discovered, "tomorrow" is relative. People in Egypt look at...
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The Pentagon has created a database of every bomb they've dropped since the...
For the past six years, the U.S. Air Force has been compiling an exhaustive list of every bomb their planes have dropped since World War I. The database, which is part of a project called THOR...
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Archeologists Uncover Maya Temple of the Blood Drinking Sun God
National Geographic is reporting on the remarkable discovery and analysis of a 1,600 year old ancient Maya temple in Guatemala. Called the Temple of the Night Sun, it features a series of striking...
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Stem cell finding will lead to a "paradigm shift" in cancer treatments
There's been a heated controversy in cancer research over the past several years about the alleged presence of cancer stem cells that fuel tumour growth. But now, new research conducted by three...
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10 Futuristic Technologies That Will Never Exist
Part of the joy of science fiction is seeing all the awesome toys, and imagining how they could exist in the real world. And so many of science fiction's coolest gadgets have come true, including Star...
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Is modern wheat making you sensitive to gluten?
Take a trip to your local supermarket and you're bound to see an entire section devoted to gluten-free products. Once the exclusive domain of people with celiac disease, the trend towards gluten-free...
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Interactive infographic predicts emerging technologies from now until 2040
Michell Zappa of the tech forecasting firm Envisioning Technologies has compiled a beautiful infographic highlighting the most significant technological innovations that we can expect to see from now...
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Are bites from vampire bats making people resistant to rabies?
Rabies is virtually non-existent in North America, but it's still a blight in many parts of the world, including South America. The disease, which is commonly transmitted by bats, is almost always...
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What does Oscar Pistorius’s success at the Olympics mean for the future of...
For the first time ever in Olympic history, a double-amputee is set to race alongside able-bodied athletes. Nicknamed "Blade Runner," South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius's remarkable achievement is...
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