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The technology is not a replacement for human labor — it’s a way to complement existing human tasks.

We’re all assigned a label at some point in our lives. You might be the smart one, the creative one or the lazy one. But is that designation really an […]

One of the 20th century’s most famous, influential, and successful physicists is lauded the world over. But Feynman is no hero to me.

Google’s “Genie” could be used to create a wide range of interactive environments for more than just games.

Artificial general intelligence will not arise in systems that only passively receive data. They need to be able to act back on the world.

Surely they can’t be worse…can they?

AI helped create films like “Jurassic Park” and “A.I.”, so Steven Spielberg and other artists shouldn’t worry about losing their jobs.

Researchers estimate there may be as many as ten million trillion trillion phages on Earth — that’s 10 with 30 zeros after it.

There are limits to where physics makes meaningful predictions: beyond the Planck length, time, or energy. Here’s why we can’t go further.

Grandmasters and drug dealers have one thing in common: They are many steps ahead of their rivals.

Giving speech to the speechless.

Psychedelics mess with our prior beliefs, and could help us see what forms these beliefs in the first place.

Is science close to explaining everything about our Universe? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder reacts.

Vanadium dioxide is a strange material that “remembers” information and when it was stored. This is akin to biological memory.

The transformational change driven by AI will elevate neurodiversity inclusion as an organizational asset, argues Maureen Dunne.

Size matters, but it’s not the only thing.

Ultracold gases in the lab could help scientists better understand the universe.

Motility was suggested as a promising “biosignature” as early as the 1960s, but the technology was insufficient — until now.

If your computer crashes, it might be due to a star that exploded somewhere in the Universe millions of years ago.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

NASA gave three robots plans for a moon shelter, and the robots figured out how to build it.

New tech is a double-edged sword. Integration can be expensive and perilous: Mess up the adoption and jobs are on the line. 

Godfrey Hounsfield’s early life did not suggest that he would accomplish much at all.

We don’t yet know if these strange “obelisks” are helpful or harmful.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

The volcano’s historic eruption preserved an ancient library, but rendered its content illegible. A public competition aims to change that.

What happens when scientists “write what they know”? Some amazing science fiction stories.

Is mathematics woven into the very fabric of reality? Or is it merely a product of the human mind?

Engagement with generative AI is a business essential — but all companies should be vigilant.

Our state of extreme social interconnectedness has rapidly accelerated the rollercoaster pace at which societal confidence may collapse.