Futurismo (English)https://futurismo.site/en/The most futuristic science and technology news, in English.en An AI-agent lab that runs DNA experiments on its ownhttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-05/un-laboratorio-de-adn-dirigido-por-agentes-de-ia/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-05/un-laboratorio-de-adn-dirigido-por-agentes-de-ia/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400AutoDNA, in Shanghai, designs and executes molecular experiments with minimal human intervention. Scientists confirm a third type of magnetismhttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-05/confirman-un-tercer-tipo-de-magnetismo/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-05/confirman-un-tercer-tipo-de-magnetismo/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400Altermagnetism combines antiferromagnet-like stability with spin currents useful for electronics. An algorithm uncovers a hidden planet in JWST datahttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-05/un-algoritmo-revela-un-planeta-oculto-en-datos-del-jwst/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-05/un-algoritmo-revela-un-planeta-oculto-en-datos-del-jwst/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400FLIP boosts sensitivity up to 15 times by removing star glare and recovers 51 Eridani b. Mars is not dead: a giant volcano is still exhaling gashttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-05/marte-no-esta-muerto-un-volcan-gigante-sigue-respirando-gas/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-05/marte-no-esta-muerto-un-volcan-gigante-sigue-respirando-gas/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400The Trace Gas Orbiter detects hydrogen chloride over Alba Mons, a sign of ongoing igneous processes. The five letters of the genetic code were on asteroid Ryuguhttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-04/las-cinco-letras-del-codigo-genetico-estaban-en-el-asteroide-ryugu/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-04/las-cinco-letras-del-codigo-genetico-estaban-en-el-asteroide-ryugu/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400Samples brought back by Japan's Hayabusa2 mission contain all five bases of DNA and RNA. Scientists create a supersolid of light and matter at room temperaturehttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-04/crean-un-supersolido-de-luz-y-materia-a-temperatura-ambiente/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-04/crean-un-supersolido-de-luz-y-materia-a-temperatura-ambiente/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400A quantum state that flows like a liquid and orders itself like a crystal, with no need for extreme cold. An AI designs proteins from a simple text descriptionhttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-04/una-ia-disena-proteinas-a-partir-de-una-simple-descripcion-en-texto/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-04/una-ia-disena-proteinas-a-partir-de-una-simple-descripcion-en-texto/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400The Pinal model turns a sentence into a candidate protein, although its hit rate is still uneven. A hidden star is plowing through Betelgeuse's atmospherehttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-04/una-estrella-oculta-atraviesa-la-atmosfera-de-betelgeuse/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-04/una-estrella-oculta-atraviesa-la-atmosfera-de-betelgeuse/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400Radio telescopes detect that a companion called Siwarha is distorting the red supergiant's atmosphere. The Swift telescope will fall to Earth after a failed rescuehttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-03/el-telescopio-swift-caera-a-la-tierra-tras-un-rescate-fallido/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-03/el-telescopio-swift-caera-a-la-tierra-tras-un-rescate-fallido/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400After almost 22 years hunting cosmic explosions, the NASA observatory is reentering the atmosphere uncontrolled. Traces of blood found in a 115-million-year-old dinosaurhttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-03/hallan-rastros-de-sangre-en-un-dinosaurio-de-115-millones-de-anos/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-03/hallan-rastros-de-sangre-en-un-dinosaurio-de-115-millones-de-anos/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400A fossil from Brazil preserves structures that look like red blood cells with remnants of heme. Jumping spiders may dream like we dohttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-03/las-aranas-saltadoras-podrian-sonar-como-nosotros/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-03/las-aranas-saltadoras-podrian-sonar-como-nosotros/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400A study finds in these spiders a sleep phase similar to REM, the stage of vivid dreams. Hubble finds that oxygen is missing from dwarf galaxieshttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-03/hubble-descubre-que-falta-oxigeno-en-las-galaxias-enanas/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-03/hubble-descubre-que-falta-oxigeno-en-las-galaxias-enanas/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400Supernova explosions expel more oxygen from small galaxies than models predicted. The star cluster that is almost as old as the universehttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-02/el-cumulo-estelar-que-casi-tiene-la-edad-del-universo/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-02/el-cumulo-estelar-que-casi-tiene-la-edad-del-universo/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400A cluster hidden behind the dust of the galactic center may be 13.4 billion years old. Neo1: the giant humanoid robot for dangerous jobshttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-02/neo1-el-robot-humanoide-gigante-para-trabajos-peligrosos/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-02/neo1-el-robot-humanoide-gigante-para-trabajos-peligrosos/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400It stands 4 meters tall, weighs 1.2 tonnes and was designed for ports, mines and nuclear plants. Taurine, an unexpected brake on age-related inflammationhttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-02/la-taurina-un-freno-inesperado-contra-la-inflamacion-de-la-vejez/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-02/la-taurina-un-freno-inesperado-contra-la-inflamacion-de-la-vejez/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400A Yale study in Cell reveals how this amino acid controls a key immune alarm. Martian dust is gentler than lunar dust, but it has riskshttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-02/el-polvo-de-marte-es-mas-suave-que-el-lunar-pero-tiene-riesgos/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-11-02/el-polvo-de-marte-es-mas-suave-que-el-lunar-pero-tiene-riesgos/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0400Spacesuit samples aboard Perseverance barely wore down over 1,645 Martian days. Artemis II returns to Earth after its trip around the Moonhttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-04-13/artemis-ii-regresa-a-la-tierra-tras-su-viaje-alrededor-de-la-luna/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-04-13/artemis-ii-regresa-a-la-tierra-tras-su-viaje-alrededor-de-la-luna/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400The four astronauts splashed down off San Diego on April 10, 2026. An AI reveals which dinosaur left each footprinthttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-03-17/una-ia-revela-que-dinosaurio-dejo-cada-huella/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-03-17/una-ia-revela-que-dinosaurio-dejo-cada-huella/Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400DinoTracker compares fossil footprint outlines and gets it right like an expert. The secret of the whale that lives over 200 years lies in a proteinhttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-03-16/el-secreto-de-la-ballena-que-vive-mas-de-200-anos-esta-en-una-proteina/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-03-16/el-secreto-de-la-ballena-que-vive-mas-de-200-anos-esta-en-una-proteina/Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400The bowhead whale repairs its DNA better than any other mammal. The genome of the Greenland shark, the longest-lived vertebratehttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-03-16/el-genoma-del-tiburon-de-groenlandia-el-vertebrado-mas-longevo/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-03-16/el-genoma-del-tiburon-de-groenlandia-el-vertebrado-mas-longevo/Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400Its DNA reveals clues about how it can live around four centuries. Scientists turn colon cancer cells into near-normal cellshttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-02-06/cientificos-convierten-celulas-de-cancer-de-colon-en-celulas-casi-norm/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-02-06/cientificos-convierten-celulas-de-cancer-de-colon-en-celulas-casi-norm/Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0400A KAIST team managed to "reverse" cancer in the lab without killing the cells. Living microbes found inside a 2-billion-year-old rockhttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-02-03/hallan-microbios-vivos-dentro-de-una-roca-de-2-000-millones-de-anos/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-02-03/hallan-microbios-vivos-dentro-de-una-roca-de-2-000-millones-de-anos/Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0400It is the oldest known rock hosting life, sealed in clay-filled cracks. Neuralink now has 21 people controlling computers with their mindshttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-02-01/neuralink-ya-tiene-21-personas-controlando-computadoras-con-la-mente/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-02-01/neuralink-ya-tiene-21-personas-controlando-computadoras-con-la-mente/Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0400Two years after its first implant, the Telepathy chip is adding patients in four countries. The world's oldest cave painting: a hand from 67,800 years agohttps://futurismo.site/en/2026-01-29/la-pintura-rupestre-mas-antigua-del-mundo-una-mano-de-hace-67-800-anos/https://futurismo.site/en/2026-01-29/la-pintura-rupestre-mas-antigua-del-mundo-una-mano-de-hace-67-800-anos/Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0400A hand stencil in an Indonesian cave beats every record for human art. Shri rapax, the small dinosaur with robust thumbshttps://futurismo.site/en/2025-07-29/shri-rapax-el-pequeno-dinosaurio-de-pulgares-robustos/https://futurismo.site/en/2025-07-29/shri-rapax-el-pequeno-dinosaurio-de-pulgares-robustos/Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:00:00 -0400A new dromaeosaurid from Mongolia had especially strong hands. Wood slices that filter nanoparticles from waterhttps://futurismo.site/en/2025-07-29/laminas-de-madera-que-filtran-nanoparticulas-del-agua/https://futurismo.site/en/2025-07-29/laminas-de-madera-que-filtran-nanoparticulas-del-agua/Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:00:00 -0400Thin cuts of wood retained up to 99.9% of test particles in the lab. The continents are drying at an alarming ratehttps://futurismo.site/en/2025-07-28/los-continentes-se-estan-secando-a-un-ritmo-alarmante/https://futurismo.site/en/2025-07-28/los-continentes-se-estan-secando-a-un-ritmo-alarmante/Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:00:00 -0400A satellite-data study shows Earth has been losing freshwater since 2002. A theorem strengthens the case that the universe had a beginninghttps://futurismo.site/en/2025-07-27/un-teorema-refuerza-que-el-universo-tuvo-un-inicio/https://futurismo.site/en/2025-07-27/un-teorema-refuerza-que-el-universo-tuvo-un-inicio/Sun, 27 Jul 2025 12:00:00 -0400Raphael Bousso extends a singularity theorem into the quantum realm. What if 3I/ATLAS were an alien spacecraft? Avi Loeb raises the hypothesishttps://futurismo.site/en/2025-07-26/y-si-3i-atlas-fuera-una-nave-alienigena-avi-loeb-plantea-la-hipotesis/https://futurismo.site/en/2025-07-26/y-si-3i-atlas-fuera-una-nave-alienigena-avi-loeb-plantea-la-hipotesis/Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:00:00 -0400A Harvard paper analyzes, as an exercise, whether the interstellar visitor could be hostile. Homo erectus fossils recovered from the seafloor in Indonesiahttps://futurismo.site/en/2025-07-26/fosiles-de-homo-erectus-rescatados-del-fondo-del-mar-en-indonesia/https://futurismo.site/en/2025-07-26/fosiles-de-homo-erectus-rescatados-del-fondo-del-mar-en-indonesia/Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:00:00 -0400Remains dredged from the Madura Strait reveal a land now underwater. K2-18b: the signs of life that still don't convincehttps://futurismo.site/en/2025-04-18/k2-18b-los-indicios-de-vida-que-todavia-no-convencen/https://futurismo.site/en/2025-04-18/k2-18b-los-indicios-de-vida-que-todavia-no-convencen/Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:00:00 -0400James Webb hinted at molecules linked to life, but later reanalyses don't confirm them. A nasal spray reduces tau protein in mice with dementiahttps://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-22/un-aerosol-nasal-reduce-la-proteina-tau-en-ratones-con-demencia/https://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-22/un-aerosol-nasal-reduce-la-proteina-tau-en-ratones-con-demencia/Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0400A single dose improved memory in old mice, according to a UTMB study. "Apex," the stegosaurus sold for 44.6 million dollarshttps://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-22/apex-el-estegosaurio-vendido-por-44-6-millones-de-dolares/https://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-22/apex-el-estegosaurio-vendido-por-44-6-millones-de-dolares/Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0400It is the most expensive dinosaur fossil ever auctioned; Ken Griffin bought it. "First and second sleep": how people slept before electric lighthttps://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-22/el-primer-y-segundo-sueno-como-dormian-antes-de-la-luz-electrica/https://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-22/el-primer-y-segundo-sueno-como-dormian-antes-de-la-luz-electrica/Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0400A historian proposed that sleeping in two stretches was common; today the idea is debated. Maya find at Balam Kú: stucco beneath a ball courthttps://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-18/hallazgo-maya-en-balam-ku-estuco-bajo-un-juego-de-pelota/https://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-18/hallazgo-maya-en-balam-ku-estuco-bajo-un-juego-de-pelota/Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0400INAH documents an unexplored area with clues about mobility in the Maya Lowlands. Hubble finds the "missing" black hole in Omega Centaurihttps://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-11/hubble-encuentra-el-agujero-negro-perdido-en-omega-centauri/https://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-11/hubble-encuentra-el-agujero-negro-perdido-en-omega-centauri/Thu, 11 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0400Seven stars moving too fast give away an intermediate-mass black hole. The battery that stores energy with CO2 instead of lithiumhttps://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-11/la-bateria-que-guarda-energia-con-co2-en-lugar-de-litio/https://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-11/la-bateria-que-guarda-energia-con-co2-en-lugar-de-litio/Thu, 11 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0400An Italian company stores solar electricity by compressing carbon dioxide. Polaris Dawn: the first commercial spacewalkhttps://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-04/polaris-dawn-la-primera-caminata-espacial-comercial/https://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-04/polaris-dawn-la-primera-caminata-espacial-comercial/Thu, 04 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0400Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis stepped out into the vacuum in September 2024. The world's oldest computer tracked the lunar calendarhttps://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-02/la-computadora-mas-antigua-del-mundo-seguia-el-calendario-lunar/https://futurismo.site/en/2024-07-02/la-computadora-mas-antigua-del-mundo-seguia-el-calendario-lunar/Tue, 02 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0400Gravitational-wave techniques solve a riddle of the Antikythera mechanism. Europa's oceans could host long-lived hydrothermal ventshttps://futurismo.site/en/2024-06-30/los-oceanos-de-europa-podrian-tener-fuentes-hidrotermales-duraderas/https://futurismo.site/en/2024-06-30/los-oceanos-de-europa-podrian-tener-fuentes-hidrotermales-duraderas/Sun, 30 Jun 2024 12:00:00 -0400A model shows seafloor heat could last billions of years. A hidden civilization on Earth? What the Harvard essay really sayshttps://futurismo.site/en/2024-06-13/una-civilizacion-oculta-en-la-tierra-lo-que-dice-realmente-el-ensayo-d/https://futurismo.site/en/2024-06-13/una-civilizacion-oculta-en-la-tierra-lo-que-dice-realmente-el-ensayo-d/Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:00:00 -0400A speculative essay explores the idea of "cryptoterrestrials"; its authors consider it unlikely. Skyscrapers that work as gravity batterieshttps://futurismo.site/en/2024-06-07/rascacielos-que-funcionan-como-baterias-de-gravedad/https://futurismo.site/en/2024-06-07/rascacielos-que-funcionan-como-baterias-de-gravedad/Fri, 07 Jun 2024 12:00:00 -0400Energy Vault and SOM propose storing energy by raising and lowering weights inside towers. Denisovans survived in Tibet by eating everythinghttps://futurismo.site/en/2024-06-06/los-denisovanos-sobrevivieron-en-el-tibet-comiendo-de-todo/https://futurismo.site/en/2024-06-06/los-denisovanos-sobrevivieron-en-el-tibet-comiendo-de-todo/Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:00:00 -0400Bones from a cave at 3,280 meters reveal their diet over tens of thousands of years. An interstellar messenger to find Planet Nine?https://futurismo.site/en/2023-06-13/un-mensajero-interestelar-para-encontrar-el-planeta-9/https://futurismo.site/en/2023-06-13/un-mensajero-interestelar-para-encontrar-el-planeta-9/Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:00:00 -0400An astrophysicist proposes using interstellar meteors to track the hypothetical planet. The secret of self-healing Roman concretehttps://futurismo.site/en/2023-02-21/el-secreto-del-hormigon-romano-que-se-repara-solo/https://futurismo.site/en/2023-02-21/el-secreto-del-hormigon-romano-que-se-repara-solo/Tue, 21 Feb 2023 12:00:00 -0400MIT found that hot-mixed quicklime seals cracks on its own. More CO2 makes trees grow fasterhttps://futurismo.site/en/2022-12-20/mas-co2-hace-crecer-mas-rapido-a-los-arboles/https://futurismo.site/en/2022-12-20/mas-co2-hace-crecer-mas-rapido-a-los-arboles/Tue, 20 Dec 2022 12:00:00 -0400A study of US forests links rising CO2 to greater wood volume.