Category: Humanity
Humanoid ‘Lightning’ robot smashes the half-marathon record
An autonomous scarlet robot named “Lightning” finished a 13-mile race in Beijing on Sunday in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds, less than half the time of last year’s fastest robot, which took two hours and 40 minutes. As Reuters reports, Du Xiaodi, one of the engineers who developed Lightning at smartphone company Honor, said […]
Trump Is Making Federal Prison Even More Dangerous for Transgender Inmates
Kali Holloway
New directives from the Bureau of Prisons amount to government-mandated conversion therapy.
The post Trump Is Making Federal Prison Even More Dangerous for Transgender Inmates appeared first on The Nation.
Robots beat human records at Beijing half-marathon
The winning time is a massive improvement over last year’s race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes.
We need to do better.Up to 4% of People Can Hear Colors or Taste Words. Here’s Why.
We don’t all perceive the world in the same way.
Babies Born from Dead Parents Will Increase with New Tech. Are We Ready?
Reproductive technologies have enabled children to be posthumously conceived from the frozen eggs and sperm of deceased parents, raising legal, ethical, and practical questions.
