Jason Dorrier

To meet tomorrow’s demands, lab researchers have to start building a more capable internet today. So it is that each year there’s a new eye-watering, why-would-we-need-that-speed record.

Luckily, while the last killer space rock dropped out of the sky with no warning, we have a few tools the dinosaurs didn’t.

It’s not Tesla’s “world wireless system,” but it just might make long-distance wireless power a commercial reality in the not-too-distant future.

When it comes to how viral infections interact with our bodies, genes matter. A host of studies aims to tap the genetic information of thousands of people to find out.

Brain implants are far riskier than eye implants, and if the original Argus system is any indication, it may be years before these new devices are used widely beyond research. Still, brain-machine interfaces are quickly advancing on a number of fronts.

The Bank of England, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank, Bank of Canada, and Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) along with the Bank of International Settlements recently announced that they’ve banded together to research central bank digital currencies.