Prof Stephen Hawking, one of Britain’s pre-eminent scientists, has said that efforts to create thinking machines pose a threat to our very existence. He told the BBC:”The develop... Read more
Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned that the democratic nature of the net is threatened by a “growing tide of surveillance and censorship”. The warning came as he launched... Read more
An ambitious nationwide technology initiative will encourage the public to take up computer programming, new BBC director general announced on Tuesday. Reviving the spirit of its acclaimed 1... Read more
Cheap, practical fusion may be closer than you think. Nuclear fusion is 30 years away, and always will be. That’s the refrain we’ve heard, again and again for decades. And yet, q... Read more
Meet Atlas, a humanoid robot capable of crossing rough terrain and maintaining its balance on one leg even when hit from the side. And WildCat, the four-legged robot that can gallop untether... Read more
Researchers at a US lab have passed a crucial milestone on the way to their ultimate goal of achieving self-sustaining nuclear fusion. Harnessing fusion – the process that powers the S... Read more
The public are being asked to help in the fight against ash dieback by playing a computer game that analyses genetic data on the disease. The Facebook game aims to use the power of social me... Read more
The eye is one of the most advanced fields for stem cell research. The prospect of reversing blindness has made a significant leap, according to scientists in the UK. An animal study in the... Read more
Details of a touchscreen showing 3D images that can be felt and manipulated have been published by Microsoft’s research unit. The project combines an LCD flat panel screen with force s... Read more
Google is launching balloons into near space to provide internet access to buildings below on the ground. About 30 of the superpressure balloons are being launched from New Zealand from wher... Read more
British scientists say they have developed a new type of wheat which could increase productivity by 30%. The Cambridge-based National Institute of Agricultural Botany has combined an ancient... Read more
The Conran design firm was recently asked to re-imagine an everyday item by BBC Future. Its designers picked the digital camera, and the resulting concept certainly is different. The Conran... Read more
A robotic sidekick could soon be helping field engineers fix faulty equipment in remote locations. Developed by IBM, the robotic helper has a projector that can overlay information on equipm... Read more
What are the greatest global threats to humanity? Are we on the verge of our own unexpected extinction? An international team of scientists, mathematicians and philosophers at Oxford Univers... Read more
