Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: the chicken and egg conundrum solved by physics!; cannabis and psychosis; space station sabotage; linguistic baby geniuses; icebergs; new planets; and some cool new specs from Snap.
Turns out the chicken and egg both came first – wait, what?
Now, a team of physicists from The University of Queensland and the NÉEL Institute has shown that, as far as quantum physics is concerned, the chicken and the egg can both come first. Read more…
Turns out cannabis can help psychosis
Some people recreationally partake in cannabis to free their minds. But the plant’s non-intoxicating compound, cannabidiol (CBD), might actually be able to help others rein their minds in. Read more…
Video: Here’s a tour of Elon Musk’s factory. Watch now…
Video: Ever wondered why there are fewer Jumbo Jets? Watch now…
A huge iceberg is moving – now we can what was hidden
In July 2017, an iceberg the size of Delaware detached from the Antarctic ice shelf. Over the next year, the iceberg simply chilled close to home. But now it’s on the move, and as it makes its way north, it’s giving scientists access to a never-before-studied ocean ecosystem. Read more…
Video: Why babies are linguistic geniuses. Watch now…
Scientists just found a planetary system about to form
Astronomers discovered a dense disk of material around a young star, which may be a precursor to a planetary system. Their research could vastly improve models of how solar systems form, which would tell us more about our own place in the cosmos. Read more…
Video: How light stimulates the brain. Watch now…
Russians think that the hole in the Space Station was sabotage, maybe
From cosmic radiation to space debris, everything in space is potentially dangerous and probably wants to kill you. Thankfully, quadruple-glazed windows keep astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) safe from most of that. But threats coming from the inside — like, say, sabotage? Read more…
Snap launches cool new specs
The new sunnies look less like the circular Spectacles of yore, and more like something a knock-off Anna Wintour might wear, were she interested in being on the other side of the paparazzo’s lens. Read more…
Video: Here’s why inventions should always look to nature. Watch now…
(Compiled by Alex Leslie; Edited by John C. Tanner)
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