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While a solo unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is starting to become a common sight over war zones and, to a lesser extent, over civilian communities, researchers in Germany are taking on the next great challenge: UAVs that fly in pack formations.

Our species is inventing and developing its way to an early grave, warns a new film with a grim take on human civilization.

Bird flu has been making news headlines lately, but it’s certainly not the only new disease that the world’s health experts worry about.

They customarily fly over war zones, but they could soon make their way to a neighborhood near you. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), remote-controlled aircraft that operate with no on-board human pilot, are foraying into civilian airspace as law-enforcement agencies and private citizens obtain these machines and fly them.

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Come to the WorldFuture Conference in Toronto this July, and you’ll meet innovators and experts from far and wide, all gathered to present on where the world is heading. Here are a few of the many great minds you’ll get to see.

Come to the WorldFuture Conference in Toronto this July, and you’ll meet innovators and experts from far and wide, all gathered to present on where the world is heading. Here are a few of the many great minds you’ll get to see.

Decreasing our carbon footprint—most of us who recognize the dangers posed by climate change make that a priority. But some alternative-energy engineers are taking a slightly different view. Instead of simply reducing the carbon dioxide around us, they are finding ways to channel it by using it to create clean energy.

As the world’s farmers strive to produce more food, they rely on ever-increasing quantities of pesticides—which includes products to kill weeds, insects, and any other organisms that might threaten crops. Environmental groups warn that the extra food comes at a heavy cost, however, of severe harms to the health of farmers, consumers, and ecosystems everywhere.