The next generation of powerful telescopes may be so big and heavy that we won’t have the capability to launch them into space. A proposed solution is in-space assembly.
Conscious robots with the capabilities of human beings are one of the oldest sci-fi tropes; a threatening blend of human and machine that could turn from friend to foe at a moment’s notice. With recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) systems, there are many who both hope and worry that we will advance this technology […]