HORIZONS
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Lab-grown chicken could hit store shelves soon — here's how it tastes
It’s a whole new kind of poultry.
A robot choreographer reveals why M3GAN — and all robots — should dance
“I think roboticists should become dancers.”
Government-issued digital currencies could bring about a dystopian future, security experts warn
A cashless future may mean more surveillance and less freedom with our funds.
Here are the 5 biggest innovations to expect in 2023
Cheap EVs, new mRNA jabs, wind farm wins, and more.
Space junk, robot chefs, Star Wars clones: The 6 best innovation stories of 2022
Our favorite futuristic reads from this year.
Is Planet Nine out there? This new telescope could finally settle the long-standing mystery
Its shiny new camera will capture the night sky like never before.
Electric jumbo jets could arrive in a few decades with the help of hydrogen
Giant e-planes could take off relatively soon — if engineers figure a few things out first.
Human-free farms could solve a major food problem
This isn’t your mother’s agriculture.
CRISPR could help bacteria destroy cancer and gulp up methane
It all comes full circle.
How the author of DALL-E Mini created the ultimate meme maker — and a new era for AI
“This is crazy that it works at all.”
First-ever lab-grown blood could change medicine forever
Plus: Cancer-treating bionic bacteria.
These futuristic "energy weapons" could finally bring sci-fi to the battlefield
Microwaves, radio waves, X-rays, oh my!
Here's how fixing our gadgets could get a lot easier (and cheaper)
Plus: Plastic’s promising wooden alternative.
EVs are getting older — are they disposable or built to last?
Only time will tell.
A new laser-powered chip can transmit the entire internet (twice) each second
And it may get 100 times faster.
Inside the space start-up that plans to fling satellites to orbit
The dizzying concept could launch precious cargo relatively cheaply and efficiently.