The ingredients for life are everywhere, but so far the only life we know of comes from Earth. Here’s how that might change. Ever since human beings first turned our eyes […]
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An anthropologist and a theologian walk into a room. The punchline is wise and wonderful.
Virtual reality is now approaching mainstream, but with so little research available it’s difficult to determine the dangers of VR for children.
Cyberloafing — or, absent-mindedly browsing the internet — actually has a place in the workday according to this recently published study.
With school shootings happening constantly around the country, here are real measures we can take to protect our kids.
By training algorithms on human data, they learn our biases.
A lot of the powers found in the comics exist in real life. They’re just a bit different.
Artificial intelligence and automation stand poised to put millions out of work and make inequality even more pronounced. Is it possible to solve one problem with another?
Dark energy tells us that the Universe’s expansion is accelerating. Here’s what that means for our disappearing Universe. One of the biggest surprises for humanity about the Universe is that […]
Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and augmented reality are already a big part of the travel industry.
How does Vladimir Putin see the world? To understand how he controls Russia and pushes his agenda overseas, look to the works of 20th-century fascist philosopher Ivan Ilyin.
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A new paper estimates the low and high end of total electricity consumption by the Bitcoin network, but not all agree with the methodology.
Elon Musk revealed some new details about the early stages of the Boring Company’srnplans to transform the mass-transit system in Los Angeles.
When it comes to creating minds, cognitive scientist Joscha Bach explains where we are with artificial intelligence, and where we need to be.
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Cephalopods like the octopus could have originated from outside of our solar system, possibly coming to Earth as hitchhikers frozen inside comets and meteors.
Specific self-driving car systems are now being developed for urban and rural settings.
In a sense, a proton acts very much like a star.
Why do we work for five days and then take two days off? The answer might surprise you.
If you go all the way back to where neutral atoms first formed, you can see the cosmic microwave background. Buried in the details is the Universe’s first evidence for […]
Think getting along with people that are nothing like you is hard? Here’s how astronauts do it, 254 miles above Earth on the ISS.
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A set of new studies that used large-scale computer simulations found that life might be more common throughout other universes than previously thought.
From what we know about the young prince and actress, how does the future look for their relationship based on psychological studies of successful marriages?
Here’s why the porn industry leads the way in developing virtual reality.
Why are Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg sparring about the threat of A.I. when they’re both right? Of course, one is more right than the other, says Michio Kaku.
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‘Enter the room’ is a rare case of an augmented reality app that could genuinely make the world a better place. Read our review here.
The Matthew effect or Price’s law shows us how inequality can be a fact of nature. What does this mean for our debate on inequality in our society?
America includes people of all different races, genders, sexual orientations, ages, ethnicities, political affiliations, and faiths. As the melting pot, the United States provides the opportunity for “life, liberty, and […]
In a commencement speech at Duke University, Apple CEO Tim Cook praised the “fearlessness” of the #MeToo movement and students in Parkland, Florida.
Is Google’s moral compass broken?