Future tech
Increasingly people are starting to acknowledge the importance of strategic planning for sustainable development. This might mean horizon scanning for your organisation or perhaps reading one of the government's Foresight Reports. Whether it is touchscreen tablets, holograms, robotics or cloud computing, technology can have a huge impact on our future. The internet, invented only 25 years ago, is a good example of how information technology has changed our world.
The 7 most important (and weirdest) discoveries of 2025
Featuring an world-changing supercomputer, a potential HIV cure, and signs of life on Mars
We might finally know what will burst the AI bubble
Many experts and analysts are warning that the AI industry is overvalued and heading for a crash. But why?
Why the Moon's far side is now the prize every country wants
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A Christmas gift guide for people with more money than sense
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From living paint to injecting rocks, scientists have bizarre carbon capture ideas that could help us tackle the climate crisis
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Generative AI burst into the public domain in 2022, with seemingly unlimited potential. But could its abilities be hitting a ceiling already?
Could I get phone signal on the Moon?
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This ‘digital brain’ could soon simulate ethically forbidden experiments
This very complicated computer model was designed to help teach us about our own brains
The real reason men still don’t have a contraceptive pill
Ever wondered why the contraceptive landscape is so female-centric?
I zapped my vagus nerve every day for a month to fight anxiety. Here's what happened
Can a wearable neuromodulation device that delivers small electric shocks banish anxiety?
The 25 most powerful ideas of the 21st century (so far), picked by the world’s top thinkers
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This magnet-powered micro-robot could soon swim through your bloodstream
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7 ways to keep your personal data safe, according to cybersecurity experts
The Online Safety Act has thrust VPNs into the spotlight, but what are the best ways to protect your identity online without relying on one?
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This tiny worm’s brain could transform artificial intelligence. Here’s how
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Elon Musk? AI? ‘Crazy left-wing activists’? The man who built Wikipedia explains its biggest threats
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6 (very weird) new inventions that could change your life
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Scientists are now closer than ever to scarless healing
Healing a wound without leaving a scar is something we could all do while in the womb. But unlocking this ability after birth has proven impossible. Until now…
Scientists spent years teaching a robot to play sports. It's still terrible
Robot sporting events could become more common in the coming years – but there's one problem
These are the traits most likely to make you a killer, according to police AI
AI is being trained to spot future killers – and it’s already making eerily accurate predictions. But can we trust it to get it right every time?
These 4 kitchen gadgets are about to change how we cook
Meet the next hot trends in cooking tech that might put your air fryer to shame
With this gadget, you could grow your own meat at home
A citizen science company is teaching people how to grow their own meat from a few bizarre ingredients
5 mind-blowing inventions turning humans into real-life cyborgs
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