Anthropocene: Human-Made Materials Now Weigh as Much as All Living Biomass, Say Scientists

This week on SingularityHub [SingluarityHub-rss-feed-logo]( Weekly Newsletter [Anthropocene: Human-Made Materials Now Weigh as Much as All Living Biomass, Say Scientists]( [concrete bridge highway road] Our deficiencies have always driven us, even among our distant ancestors, back in the last Ice Age. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [READ MORE]( [Amazon’s New Robotaxi Has No Steering Wheel, But It Can Drive for 16 Hours Straight]( [Zoox driverless taxi] After almost a year of limiting our contact with the people in our lives and humanity in general, it’s hard to imagine a future where we freely move about our cities and towns going to meetings, errands, and social events. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [READ MORE]( [2020 in Neuroscience, Longevity, and AI—and What’s to Come]( [consciousness brain silhouette man light shadow] Covid-19 sucked most of the oxygen out of science this year. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [READ MORE]( [Autonomous Ravn X Drone to Launch Satellites From Airport Runways]( [space launch aevum ravnx autonomous drone rocket] Huntsville Alabama’s Lowe Mill arts and entertainment center offers studios to artists of all kinds—sculptors, bookbinders, woodworkers. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [READ MORE]( [QuantumScape’s New Solid-State Battery Is Twice as Energy-Dense as Lithium-Ion]( [lithium metal solid-state battery] The biggest barriers to widespread adoption of electric vehicles are their limited range and long charging times compared to gasoline cars. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [READ MORE]( [This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through December 19)]( HEALTH How Science Beat the Virus Ed Yong | The Atlantic “Much like famous initiatives such as the Manhattan Project and the Apollo program, epidemics focus the energies of large groups of scientists. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [READ MORE]( [Future Cities: New Challenges Mean We Need to Reimagine the Look of Urban Landscapes]( Imagining future cities has long been a favorite activity for architects, artists, and designers. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [READ MORE]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( Singularity University, 1049 El Monte Ave. Suite C #16, Mountain View, CA 94040, United States, +1-650-200-3434 [Unsubscribe]( [Manage preferences](