Lifeboat Foundation

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Once thought of as a pipe-dream, exploitation of the solar system’s asteroids is being planned by a growing community of asteroid mining companies and scientists.

NASA.

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Nearly three-fifths of all animals with a backbone — fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals — have been wiped out since 1970 by human appetites and activity, according to a grim study released Thursday.

On current trends, stocks of global wildlife could plunge two-thirds by 2020, an annual decline of two per cent, conservation group WWF and the Zoological Society of London warned in their joint biennial Living Planet report.

In Brief:

• Scientists have formulated a mathematical theorem which shows that Newton’s Second Law may, at least, have a loophole.
• The finding may provide the foundation for future discoveries that may allow us to power devices remotely.

The government’s research-and-development arm has some exciting predictions for the world of tomorrow.

In Brief:

• At the launch of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), the famed scientist warned of a potentially grave future given the rise of AI.
• The work done at CFI could have far-reaching implications for the future of AI, helping shape how the technology is used and regulated.

In Tokyo, you can park your bike in underground vaults, and retrieve it in just 8 seconds. http://cnn.it/2evfkBL

A group of scientists has managed to overcome the theoretical limit on image sharpness.

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