2025 News
Selected Science & Sci-Fi news from around the world on the latest in technology, space exploration, artificial intelligence, robots, and everything that leads science fiction to become reality.
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Science, Technology & Sci-Fi News (December 2025)
France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year
France intends to follow Australia and ban social media platforms for children from the start of the 2026 academic year. A draft bill preventing under-15s from using social media will be submitted for legal checks and is expected to be debated in parliament early in the new year. (Read more: The Guardian)
The world’s smallest programmable, autonomous robots
Researchers at Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and collaborators from the University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots: microscopic swimming machines that can independently sense and respond to their surroundings, operate for months, and cost just a penny each. Barely visible to the naked eye, each robot measures about 200 by 300 by 50 micrometers, smaller than a grain of salt. Operating at the scale of many biological microorganisms, the robots could advance medicine by monitoring the health of individual cells and manufacturing by helping construct microscale devices. Powered by light, the robots carry microscopic computers and can be programmed to move in complex patterns, sense local temperatures, and adjust their paths accordingly. (Read more: upen.edu)
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Terrifying study reveals AI robots have passed ‘Turing test’ — and are now indistinguishable from humans, scientists say
Researchers found that, when “prompted to adopt a humanlike persona, GPT-4.5 was judged to be the human 73% of the time.” Interestingly, the experts at Psychology Today concluded that the bots had beaten the Turing Test, not through smarts, but by being a “better” human than the actual humans. (Read more: New York Post)
China advances in brain-computer interface technology, aiming for US$900 per procedure
The semi-invasive system developed by CIBR and its affiliated start-up NeuCyber NeuroTech have completed their first three human implants. A Chinese brain-computer interface (BCI) company said it had seen positive results from three human implants, matching Elon Musk’s Neuralink in the number of human patients, as China prepares for wider commercialisation of the technology. (Read more: scmp.com)
Strange sphere-studded rock on Mars found by NASA’s Perseverance rover
The rock has hundreds of spherules on it, some of which have tiny pinholes. Named “St. Pauls Bay” by the mission team, the Mars rock features hundreds of millimeter-size dark gray spheres, some of which have tiny pinholes. Perseverance discovered this rock on March 11 on the rim of the Jezero Crater, an ancient lakebed that the rover has been exploring since 2021 for signs of past microbial life. Scientists say determining the geological origins of this area’s features could provide valuable insights into how rocks in the region evolved over billions of years. (Read more: Space.com)
Science, Technology & Sci-Fi News (March 2025)
China unveils first homegrown space mining robot. China’s first space mining robot has been developed by the China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT). It not only adapts to the microgravity conditions of space but also navigates the rugged, cratered terrain of asteroids, CCTV News reported on Sunday. The prototype has now filed patents with relevant authorities and successfully cleared preliminary reviews, the report said. (Read more: globaltimes.cn)
‘Brain pacemakers’: implants to be tested to help alcohol and opioid addicts
Trial will determine whether electrical pulses can control and decrease yearnings. Surgeons are to put implants into the brains of alcoholics and opioid addicts in a trial aimed at testing the use of electrical impulses to combat drink and drug cravings. (Read more: The Guardian)
Science, Technology & Sci-Fi News (February 2025)
Humanoid robot springs to life in ‘dystopian’ viral video: ‘Straight out of science fiction’
An eerily realistic humanoid robot — purported to be the “world’s first bipedal, musculoskeletal android” — twitched to life in a viral clip, which viewers have slammed as “dystopian” and “terrifying.” Created by Clone Robotics, the faceless “Protoclone” is manufactured with a body to look as lifelike as possible — muscles, tendons, joints and all. The company claims that the Protoclone android can walk, talk, complete chores and more — just like any human could. (Read more: New York Post)
Science, Technology & Sci-Fi News (January 2025)
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