Future Technology

From its patents to its dashboard, the Luce is more radical than the outrage suggests

As storm season begins, America's weather service is still reeling from sweeping cuts. And the consequences could be fatal

Lasers, AI sentinels and orbital bombers are part of a new technological arms race of futuristic weapons

The ‘legged metamachines’ that absolutely will not stop need to be seen to be believed

Reflect Orbital wants to help supercharge your solar panels using space mirrors

New biotech is helping scientists pull back the curtain on the developing brain and reveal the causes of the condition

Space data centres could be a new frontier for humanity, but can the promise live up to the hype?

Our writer was lucky enough to step inside a project that recreates the lunar surface in as much detail as possible

An ambitious project about to get underway intends to see how the trees will respond to the CO2 levels of the future

For the past four years, AI has been reshaping how we work and live. But its failures are proving just as transformative as its triumphs

The world's soils are degrading fast, and until now we've had almost no way of knowing what's happening underground

Before blaming chatbots for everything, here’s what really dominates your online carbon footprint

We may soon be able to delete bad memories for ever. But forgetting comes at a cost

A new (under)wearable sensor sits in your pants and sniffs your farts, in the hopes of revealing clues about your gut health

It’s been over 10 years since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished without a trace. But new search techniques could finally allow us to find the missing plane

Here's a look at some of the company’s iconic products, the flops that shaped it, and what may be coming next

With nuclear energy production increasing globally, the problem of what to do with the waste demands a solution. But where do you store something that stays dangerous for thousands of years?

The latest batch of AI models are revealing a host of vulnerabilities across the worldwide web. Soon, they could be in the wrong hands

From nano-medics, to digital twins and space janitors

As computers grow ever more powerful, the idea we could be living in a simulation is looking less like science fiction every day

Wi-Fi 7’s giant speed claims might look impressive, but the realities of our homes – and the laws of physics – mean that real-world performance will never get close

Astronauts in cryosleep is one of science fiction's most enduring fantasies – but a new study suggests the gap between fiction and reality just got a little smaller