There’s a global shortage in semiconductors, and it’s becoming increasingly serious. The US is currently reviewing its supply of the technology, following a landmark executive order from President...
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Tim Berners-Lee’s Plan to Save the Internet: Give us Back...
Releasing his creation for free 30 years ago, the inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, famously declared: “this is for everyone”. Today, his invention is used by billions – but it also...
Airships Are No Longer a Relic of the Past; You Could Ride in...
As concern over climate change and rising temperatures grows, the airline industry is taking heat (pun intended). Flying accounts for 2.5 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions; that’s lower than...
If a Robot Is Conscious, Is It OK to Turn It Off? The Moral...
In the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode “The Measure of a Man,” Data, an android crew member of the Enterprise, is to be dismantled for research purposes unless Captain...
AI Will Create Millions More Jobs Than It Will Destroy. Here’s...
In the past few years, artificial intelligence has advanced so quickly that it now seems hardly a month goes by without a newsworthy AI breakthrough. In areas as wide-ranging as speech...
Solar Power Stations in Space Could be the Answer to Our Energy...
It sounds like science fiction: giant solar power stations floating in space that beam down enormous amounts of energy to Earth. And for a long time, the concept – first developed by the Russian...
NASA Unveils Its Multi Million Dollar Next Generation Space Suit.
The futuristic flight suits worn by Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken during Saturday’s successful launch look a world away from the bulky orange shuttle flight suits worn when astronauts last...
Farming the Final Frontier: The Race To Grow Plants in Space
Hollywood isn’t always known for its scientific accuracy, especially when it comes to movies about space. However, with NASA setting its sights on returning to the moon, sometimes a movie can...
Computers Can Do a Lot of Things, but Reading Isn’t One of...
Modern-day computers are some of the most powerful objects we have created. They can take us to space, measure our heart rate on a run and help us create graphics that are lifelike. However, while...
Big Data is Undermining the Foundations of Liberal Democracy
Today the forces shaping our world aren't nation states, but rather corporations. These corporations, run the global economy on the oil of the Information Age - data.
The Pentagon Is Giving Up on Particle Beam Weapons, For Now.
Humanosity says…It looks like all us sci-fi fans are going to have to wait a little bit longer before we see particle beam weapons in action like Star Wars! On a serious note, it also shows how...
The Inside Story of The Macedonian Fake News Industry.
Humanosity says…The Fake News Industry is big business, really big business. Facebook’s reluctance to get involved in policing or fact-checking the veracity of ‘news’ content...
Research shows that most of the tweets on politics you see are...
Humanosity says the impact of social media on politics has been liberating in the sense that it has democratised the ability to have your opinion published. Unlike traditional publishing or...
Why Astronauts Are Growing Cement in Space
Humanosity says…We are in in the middle of a new space race. The success of companies like SpaceX is the public face of a fast-growing industry that sees humanity’s future and a huge...
10 Trends that will Shape the Future of Warfare. How the Digital...
Humanosity says…Stories about killer robots, machine-augmented heroes, laser weapons and battles in space – outer or cyber – have always been good for filling cinema seats, but now...