How the ‘trolley problem’ applies to self-driving cars

Our existing social contract around driving should apply to automated vehicles, say researchers, essentially solving the "trolley problem."

Stanford • futurity
Jan. 26, 2023 ~11 min

Souped up Hall thrusters might get people to Mars

"...essentially, we took the H9 thruster and made a muscle car out of it by turning it up to 11—really up to a hundred..."

Kate McAlpine-Michigan • futurity
Jan. 26, 2023 ~7 min


Living a ‘good life’ requires some hard questions

While you may have made some resolutions to improve your life in 2023, a professor of philosophy says it might be time to go deeper.

Jill Kimball-Brown • futurity
Jan. 25, 2023 ~14 min

Expert: Fake meat won’t have a huge eco impact

Meat alternatives are getting lots of press and investment, but expert David Lobell isn't anticipating a big impact on sustainability.

Rob Jordan-Stanford • futurity
Jan. 25, 2023 ~6 min

Why no one wants to eat the giant velvet mite

After observing that virtually no creature wants to eat a giant velvet mite, entomologist Justin Schmidt tasted one himself.

Daniel Stolte-Arizona • futurity
Jan. 25, 2023 ~8 min

Podcast: Why do we sleep?

A new podcast episode digs into the origins of sleep research and the answers the field is still searching for, like why we sleep.

U. Chicago • futurity
Jan. 23, 2023 ~2 min

Stress hormone affects male, female mouse hearts differently

Female and male mouse hearts respond differently to the stress hormone noradrenaline. That could have implications for human heart health.

Lisa Howard-UC Davis • futurity
Jan. 23, 2023 ~6 min

Unearthed Ajami script dispels colonial myth

The discovery of Ajami, a modified Arabic script, shows that African people labeled illiterate for not writing in French were anything but.

Boston University • futurity
Jan. 19, 2023 ~11 min


Little kids can tell good excuses from bad ones

Listen up parents: "At 3 to 5 years old, kids are on to you. They know when you're giving a bad excuse," says Leon Li.

Duke University • futurity
Jan. 18, 2023 ~5 min

Pharmacists connect people with opioid use disorder meds

"The results from this pilot study show how pharmacies can be an effective and viable pathway to treatment for opioid use disorder."

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Jan. 12, 2023 ~10 min

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