SpaceX Starship Prototype Exploded, but It’s Still a Giant Leap Towards Mars

This week on SingularityHub [SingluarityHub-rss-feed-logo]( Weekly Newsletter [SpaceX Starship Prototype Exploded, but It’s Still a Giant Leap Towards Mars]( [SpaceX Starship SN8] Private company SpaceX launched SN8, a prototype of its Starship spacecraft, designed to go to the moon and Mars, on December 10. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [READ MORE]( [Algorithms for Love: Japan Will Soon Launch an AI Dating Service]( [Japan AI matchmaking wedding] Every year for the last 13 years, Japan’s population has shrunk. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [READ MORE]( [DeepMind’s AlphaFold Is Close to Solving One of Biology’s Greatest Challenges]( [protein folding AI DeepMind AlphaFold] DeepMind may just have cracked one of the grandest challenges in biology. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [READ MORE]( [New Deep Learning Method Helps Robots Become Jacks-of-all-Trades]( [robot learning] One of the biggest things standing in the way of the robot revolution is their inability to adapt. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [READ MORE]( [Why the Price of New Solar Electricity Fell an Incredible 89% in the Last Decade]( In 1956, an early demonstration of solar photovoltaics produced a watt of energy for the modest price of an inflation-adjusted $1,865. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [READ MORE]( [This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through December 12)]( ENVIRONMENT Human-Made Stuff Now Outweighs All Life on Earth Stephanie Pappas | Scientific American “Humanity has reached a new milestone in its dominance of the planet: human-made objects may now outweigh all of the living beings on Earth. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [READ MORE]( [Europe’s Biggest Vertical Farm Will Be Powered by Wind and Planted by Robots]( [vertical farm robot] From cultured meat to plant-based foods to robotic kitchen assistants, tech seems to be infiltrating every corner of our food system. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [READ MORE]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( Singularity University, 1049 El Monte Ave. Suite C #16, Mountain View, CA 94040, United States, +1-650-200-3434 [Unsubscribe]( [Manage preferences](