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SPACE
🚀 ALIENS, ASTEROIDS, AND MARS BABIES?! WELCOME TO 2075. A new report from the Royal Society lays out a wild roadmap for the next 50 years in space: mining asteroids, microwaving sunlight back to Earth, building orbital factories—and maybe even giving birth on Mars.
—> 🧠 WHAT’S THE ROYAL SOCIETY? It’s one of the oldest and most respected scientific institutions in the world—founded in 1660 and still shaping science policy in the UK and globally. This isn’t science fiction. It’s a call to action from the establishment.
—> 🌌 ALIENS? SOONER THAN YOU THINK. The report says there's a real shot we'll find proof of extraterrestrial life within 50 years. The universe is too big, too weird, and too full of mystery not to surprise us. One scientist even said: "There has to be one planet out there with something like a caterpillar." According to the report:
“In the next 50 years, it is likely that there will be an answer to the question of whether there is unambiguous evidence of life on a wide diversity of planetary bodies in Earth’s near neighbourhood.”
—> 🧬 MARS BABIES & GENE-TWEAKED MICROBES: Scientists are working on engineering Earth-hardened microbes to terraform Mars. But if they escape and outcompete native Martian life (if it exists), we might be the invaders. Also: what happens when humans are born on Mars? Are they still Earthlings?
—> NOTABLE: The Royal Society commissioned sci-fi author Stephen Baxter to write a short story imagining the first human family in space — tackling birth in orbit, alien life, moon power struggles, and deep-space survival. The goal? Prepare the public for the social and ethical questions humanity could face over the next 50 years.
Source: The Guardian | Royal Society
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FUTURES
🤖❤️🔥 YOUR BOT LOVES YOU BACK (KIND OF). AI isn’t just a tool anymore. It’s becoming your therapist, your late-night confidant, your emotional crutch. A new study from Japan’s Waseda University shows we’re not just using AI — we’re bonding with it.
—> 📊 THE NUMBERS: In a study of 265 people, nearly 75% said they’ve turned to AI for advice. About 39% said they see it as a constant, dependable presence in their lives. That’s not just search engine behavior — that’s attachment.
—> 🧠 THE SCI-FI PSYCH TEST IS REAL: Researchers built a psychological tool — the Experiences in Human-AI Relationships Scale (EHARS) — to measure just how emotionally attached people get. Categories? Seeking comfort. Needing reassurance. Looking for guidance. In other words: dating app energy.
—> 👵 HELLO, VIV: In Australia, researchers built Viv, an AI designed to talk with people living with dementia. Not to treat them. Just to be there. A synthetic presence to fight real-world loneliness.
—> ⚠️ EMOTIONAL DEEPFAKES: Psychologists warn that romantic AI apps and emotionally intelligent bots are blurring the line between simulation and manipulation. You feel understood — but it’s code, not connection. This isn’t Her. This is now.
Source: Cosmos
🌊 SLEEPING WITH THE FISH (LITERALLY). Underwater hotels aren’t sci-fi anymore — they’re your next vacation. From Tanzania to Dubai, the future of luxury travel is submerged.
—> 🐙 THE MANTA RESORT, TANZANIA: Off the coast of Pemba Island, 250 meters from land, floats a three-level pod straight out of BioShock. Sky deck. Lounge. Submerged bedroom with 360° reef views. At night, octopuses peer in. Built by Sweden’s Genberg Underwater Hotels, this surreal suite sits above The Blue Hole — a coral-ringed crater packed with reef fish and bioluminescent weirdos. Price tag? $1,500/night. Real-life Atlantis.
—> 🛁 CONRAD MALDIVES — THE MURAKA: Sleep 16 feet under the Indian Ocean in a curved acrylic dome. Upstairs? Infinity pool and ocean-facing tub. Downstairs? You’re in an aquarium.
—> 🐬 DUBAI, AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE & BEYOND: From Reefsuites in the Great Barrier Reef to the Equarius Ocean Suite in Singapore, 2025’s hotel boom is wet, wild, and wired. Watch rays, sharks, and coral reefs glide past your bed. Atlantis The Palm even lets you bathe beside 65,000 marine animals.
These aren’t just hotels — they’re a new kind of experience economy. First underwater. Next stop: orbital getaways and space habitats. The future of travel is immersive, off-planet, and underwater.
Sources: CNN, Curly Tales
CRYPTO
🪙 CRYPTO: TOO BIG TO FAIL? A top watchdog says crypto might be getting too powerful — and too risky.
—> ⚠️ WHAT’S HAPPENING? Klaas Knot, head of the Financial Stability Board (that’s the global group that watches over the world’s economy to prevent crashes), just warned that crypto might be close to causing real-world problems. Why? Because digital money like stablecoins is now deeply tied to banks, bonds, and even your retirement fund.
—> 🧊 WHAT’S A STABLECOIN? It’s a type of crypto that’s supposed to stay at $1. But these coins now hold huge amounts of U.S. government debt. If they fail, it could ripple across the economy.
—> 🧠 WHY IT MATTERS: Crypto isn’t just for nerds or traders anymore. It’s in your apps. Your investments. Your government’s balance sheet. And if it crashes, the effects could be massive.
—> 🧯 WHAT’S NEXT? More rules are coming. Knot says the world’s financial rules must change — fast — to keep up with crypto before it becomes a full-blown threat.
Source: Bloomberg
QUANTUM // ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
🚗 DECADE OF THE SELF-DRIVING MACHINE. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says we’re entering “the decade of AV, robotics, autonomous machines.” Translation: the bots are getting wheels—and jobs.
—> 🛞 ROBOTAXIS ON THE RISE: In the U.S., Waymo’s self-driving fleets are already rolling in San Francisco, Phoenix, and LA. China’s Baidu and Pony.ai are racing ahead too. Now, Europe’s catching up: the U.K. just passed its Autonomous Vehicles Act, greenlighting driverless cars by 2026.
—> 🤖 NVIDIA IS EVERYWHERE: From chips to code, NVIDIA is powering the brains behind these bots. Their systems are inside the vehicles that will soon drive themselves—and us.
—> 📍 COMING TO A CURB NEAR YOU: Uber just teamed up with Wayve to test fully autonomous rides across the U.K. next spring. The age of the human driver? Might be winding down.
Source: CNBC
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ONE MORE THING
🤖 RICH PEOPLE WILL HAVE ROBOT BUTLERS. By 2030, AI-powered bots could be folding your laundry — if you can afford them. UK firms are already testing robo-dogs for deliveries and robot farmers for fruit picking. The future? Less Downton Abbey, more Jetsons.
Source: Metro
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