How Long Till Human-Level AI?
In science fiction, intelligent computers frequently become dangerously competitors with humanity...
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Children of the Law of Accelerating Returns
The evidence that the pace of technological innovation continues to accelerate is hard to deny...
Slicing Brains DIY
Ken Hayworth wants to use his device (ALTUM2) to cut an entire mouse brain into thin slices...
Re-Engineering the Human Immune System
Imagine if we could genetically engineer antibodies and make them available as needed...
Winter 2009 Digital Edition
The Winter 2009 Issue of h+ Magazine features The Ray Kurzweil Interview and more...
Flying high over the Gulf of Mexico, researchers from NASA and Case Western Reserve University found a key to unlocking oxygen from the surface of...
One of the best known episodes in the 8000-year history of grapevine cultivation led to biological changes that have not been well understood...
In an encouraging development, an investigational vaccine regimen has been shown to be well-tolerated and to have a modest effect in preventing...
A NASA team is developing a transparent coating that mimics the self-cleaning properties of the lotus plant to prevent dirt from sticking to the...
Early results from a trial testing a 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine in children look promising, according to the trial sponsor, the National...
Younger people with pain look similar in terms of their disability to people who are two to three decades older without pain, according to a study...
Most of the time, the shoebox-sized robot - which is being developed for the US military - uses its four wheels to get around.
Nanotubes and nanowires are promising building blocks for future integrated nanoelectronic and photonic circuits, nanosensors, interconnects and...
Previous research has found that children raised in homes without a biological father have sex earlier than children raised in traditional nuclear...
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, is one of the most common neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood. Worldwide, 3% of children are...
