Future Technology

A nuclear fusion disaster would be nothing like a nuclear fission disaster

The truth about freezing humans: what’s real, what’s next, and what’s still fiction

It's only a problem that could get worse

An advanced new research station is being developed to explore the potential for a human settlement under the ocean

Quantum physics is really confusing, but scientists are finally beginning to make some sense of it all

With sales skyrocketing, a shortage of this key critical material could halt progress

Engineers at CERN are planning to store and transport antiprotons in a very-high vacuum enclosure

New discoveries are shaking up what little we thought we knew about fast radio bursts

Here is how to stop social media from using your data for training AIs

Turns out, it's very easy for AI to create a digital doppelgänger of you. Here's how worried you should be about that

It could meet 10 per cent of the country’s energy demand

A new leap in AI-generated content means deepfake detectors could be falling dangerously behind

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?

Scientists around the world are working on ways to hide us from sight. But how close are we to developing tech that could make us invisible?

Sorry, Google Glass

From nano-medics, to digital twins and space janitors

Artificial intelligence is helping archaeologists unlock Earth’s oldest secrets.

A headset claims to treat depression, and it might be more than marketing hype.

The world’s first nuclear clock could go beyond just keeping ultra-precise time. It might teach us about the forces that hold the Universe together.

The biggest tech event of the year has come and gone, here are our picks for the weirdest gadgets announced.

Scientists can see a massive flaw in the tech.