Todd Jaquith
Futurism
Santa Fe, NM, United States
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Have We Already Discovered the First Habitable Exoplanet?
New of exoplanets is always tinged with the hope of a single question, "Is it habitable?" Astronomers in search for life are constantly looking to answer this question in hopes of finding extraterrestrial friends. The planet, Wolf 1061c, provides that hope. At nearly 14 light years from Earth, the planet orbits just within its red dwarf star's habitable zone, giving a good chance to host life. → Read More
Make NASA Great Again: A Memo to the New Administration
The Baker Institute for Public Policy has crafted a practical policy agenda for NASA that recommends its efforts be concentrated on reestablishing a human spaceflight program. Whether the Trump administration follows the advice remains to be seen, but a strong space program could only serve to strengthen the United States' position as a global superpower. → Read More
There's No Argument Against Nuclear Power
Small modular reactor (SMR) that have about a third of the output of typical nuclear reactors could be the key to making nuclear power the energy source of the future. Between the large-scale projects, government agencies, and smaller companies, a plethora of research into nuclear power technology is currently underway. → Read More
The Real Science Behind Supposed Alien Communications
Throughout the history of humanity, we have received mysterious signals from unknown sources and our knee-jerk reactions tend to scream: ALIENS! The "Wow! Signal" from 1977 – a 72-second anomalous transmission in the 1,420 MHz range – is just one such example, but has never been seen again. → Read More
Dasvidaniya! Russia Successfully Tests New Weapon That Can Blow Away Any Type of Armor
Military research initiatives are now focusing their efforts on the development of a new type of weapon: the railgun. Russian researchers have now devised a railgun prototype that's capable of lobbing a plastic projectile at 3 km/sec. (1.8 mi/sec.) → Read More
Scientists Have Made a New Kind of Invisibility Cloak
"Cloaking" or invisibility technology is a kind of scientific Holy Grail; but actually concealing objects in direct light is notoriously difficult. A team of researchers has now found a way to achieve potential perfect invisibility by bending light—but only in "diffusive" atmospheres. → Read More
Virtual Reality is Going to Change Everything. Here's How
Virtual reality (VR) has recently come into focus for its potential to promote empathy. It shows that this technology has many more applications that merely gaming and entertainment. → Read More
Is That Ship From "Passengers" Really Possible?
Let's check out where we are when it comes to interstellar space travel. → Read More
Here's a Look at the Smart Cities of the Future
Researchers are working on ways to give our huge urban areas a technological upgrade, planning the connected infrastructures that will support tomorrow's "smart cities." While significant investments in infrastructure will be needed to bring these cities to fruition, the benefits are expected to far outweigh the costs. → Read More
A New Device Could Make Memory Implants a Reality
By mimicking the way neurons fire in the hippocampus during natural memory creation, a brain implant was used to successfully plant memories in the brains of rats. Though human implementation is far off, this breakthrough in cracking the hippocampus' mathematical "memory code" has very important implications for health and research. → Read More
Mars in Three Days: Here's the Tech That Could Make It Happen
The vast distances between us and other points of particular interest in space are vast, and the speed limitations of our technology are a significant barrier to exploration. NASA's DEEP-IN program is working toward a new propulsion system that can get us to Mars in only three days. → Read More
A New Anti-Aging Technique Just Made It to Clinical Trials
Menopause may no longer be the point of no return it once was. → Read More
Scientists Have Launched a New Quest to Take Humanity Beyond Our Solar System
Some of the greatest minds and biggest wallets in the world are currently working to get humanity to travel to neighboring stars. To accomplish this feat, nanocraft are being developed to carry human technology to probe our nearest neighbors. → Read More
Humanity May Have Reached its Maximum Lifespan
Global life expectancy has now reached an average that’s regularly in the 80s in Japan and Canada —and in the United States it’s reached a high of 78 years. Have we reached the end of the line when it comes to living longer and healthier lives? Is there a point at which diminishing returns just mean any gains in lifespan are bound to be insignificant and temporary? → Read More
Obama: “The Trend Toward Clean Energy is Irreversible”
President Obama recently published an article in Science magazine outlining the fall of the fossil fuel industry and the various factors that are contributing to its current decline. Ultimately, he asserts that the fossil fuel industry, which is worth trillions worldwide, is in its final days. → Read More
Here's What Our Future In Space Will Look Like in 2017
The transition from one year to the next is always a little uncertain – an uneasy blend of anxiety and optimism, it’s also a time of retrospection, introsp → Read More
These Are the Most Exciting Medical Advances Planned for 2017
The transition from one year to the next is always a little uncertain – an uneasy blend of anxiety and optimism, it’s also a time of retrospection, introsp → Read More
Predicting 2017: How Future Energy Will Change Our Lives
The transition from one year to the next is always a little uncertain – an uneasy blend of anxiety and optimism, it’s also a time of retrospection, introsp → Read More
Predicting 2017: The Rise of Synthetic Intelligence
The transition from one year to the next is always a little uncertain – an uneasy blend of anxiety and optimism, it’s also a time of retrospection, introsp → Read More
China Claims It's Made the Impossible EmDrive Possible
Will we soon have a propellantless space drive? Don't hold your breath. → Read More