Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2019
World-changing technologies that are poised to rattle the status quo
Features
GPS Is Easy to Hack, and the U.S. Has No Backup
At risk are airliners, electric grids, stock markets and other systems that rely on GPS to time their operations
Will Machines Ever Become Conscious?
AI may equal human intelligence without matching the true nature of our experiences
Escape from a Black Hole
To save quantum mechanics, information must break free from black holes. New observations may help tell us how
The Face of the Earliest Human Ancestor, Revealed
A long-sought fossil could redraw our family tree
Can Scientists Predict Fire Tornadoes?
Inside the effort to understand wildfire season’s scariest phenomena
Photo Gallery: The Universe through X-ray Eyes
After two decades in space, the world’s leading x-ray telescope is still revealing new secrets of the cosmos
Departments
- From the Editor
The Tech Horizon
- Letters
Readers Respond to the August 2019 Issue
- Advances
Ultraprecise Measurement Pinpoints the Proton's Size
Plasma Scalpel Takes On Cancer
Single-Sex Prawns Could Aid Fight against Snail-Borne Disease
Sea-thru Brings Clarity to Underwater Photos
Wild Silkworms Produce Proteins Primed for Bioprinting
Automating History's First Draft
Sewage Treatment Offers Biodiversity Boost in U.K. River
In Case You Missed It
New Technique Welds Ceramics with Lasers
- Forum
Female Genital Mutilation Continues in the U.S. It Must Be Stopped
- The Science of Health
It's Time to Shift Tactics on Alzheimer's Disease
- The Science Agenda
Adapt or Mitigate? Both
- Recommended
Recommended Books, December 2019
- Anti Gravity
Detritus on the Moon
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: December 2019
- Graphic Science
Gravitational Waves Are Being Detected at an Increasing Pace
- The Intersection
The Adolescent Spacefaring Dreams of Tech Billionaires
- Ventures
Wait, Plastic Can Be Good for the Environment?
