Researchers to Release Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes in Africa for First Time
Source: Scientific American
This article explain the intended benefit of releasing genetically-modified mosquitoes into the country of Burkina Faso.
Technology
Toil and trouble: How ‘Macbeth’ could teach computers to think
Source: The Boston Globe
Read this article to learn about a professor who is trying to teach an artificial intelligence system to interpret stories by having it read Macbeth.
Giant plastic-cleaning system headed to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Source: Business Insider
While still a teenager, Boyan Slat of the Netherlands founded the Ocean Cleanup to address the environmental disaster of plastic marine debris. Now one of his ideas is being put into action. But will it work?
Augmented Reality Recreates A New York City Not Seen for Centuries
Source: Futurism
Tourists of Governor’s Island can now travel back in time to the 17th century as a colonist with their own storyline and cast of characters thanks to augmented reality.
How worried should you be about artificial intelligence?
Source: BBC
View the infographic to gauge the danger-level and likelihood of potential AI scenarios.
The Kepler Space Telescope is About to Run Out of Fuel
Source: Futurism
The Kepler Space Telescope is facing retirement, but its nine year life has given humans amazing discoveries of Earth-like planets.
What it Means to Build Without Bias: Questioning the Role of Gender in Architecture
Source: Arch Daily
In her thesis project, graduate student Hannah Rozenberg created an algorithm to measure how male or female physical spaces are and created architectural models of gender neutral spaces.
People Are Paying Insane Amounts of Real Money for “Virtual Real Estate”
Source: Futurism
Would you buy a virtual plot of land if it cost more than a plot of land in the real world? Read about the booming virtual real estate market.
When Romeo Is a Robot
Source: The Atlantic
After observing a mechanical “couple” that was created as an art installation, one viewer writes about how technology might affect the mystery and destiny of love. Watch the video embedded in the article to view how the two robots interact.
Exoplanet Travel Bureau
Source: NASA
Explore artistic impressions of the surface of three exoplanets discovered by NASA’s telescopes.