Microchipping humans may be common in the future. The prospect of constantly being tracked and online raises some major ethical concerns. Futurist and humanist Gerd Leonhard provides insight into where we’re headed.
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For the Sgt. Pepper 50th anniversary remix, good intentions and modern technology revitalize a classic album.
A large new study finds a relationship between consumption of hot red peppers and mortality.
If you think federal funding for science is expensive, wait until you see the cost of not funding it. “For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as […]
It isn’t just the morality that’s dubious in the newest iteration of Star Trek. “If I die trying but I’m inadequate to the task to make a course change in the […]
Genetic, immune, and neurological components point to evolutionary underpinnings.
According to Tali Sharot, our innate optimism bias is necessary, but needs to be taken in doses.
A new study explains why and how people choose to avoid information and when that strategy could be beneficial.
The philosopher believed we craved for something less pleasant.
Bill Gates may be the world’s first trillionaire in 25 years. That’s according to a projection by Oxfam, using an 11% rate of return that has been typical in recent years for the world’s wealthiest individuals.
Journalist Eric Schlosser reports that the president isn’t actually the only American who can launch a nuclear attack all by himself or with one other person.
A new study says some TV viewers are more moral than others. What kind of viewer are you?
They have the same feelings as normal people. It’s how they make decisions that’s different.
The program picked up association biases nearly identical to those seen in human subjects.
As people reject the status quo around the world, what might the left try to replace it with? One American philosopher makes an argument for a progressive vision.
One in five employees are distracted at work by social media, a Pew Research Center poll finds.
If you thought our galaxy was just the luminous matter within it, think again. “Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that […]
NASA’s Earth observing missions aren’t the only casualty. Arguably, eliminating education is even more egregious. “First Rate People hire first rate people. Second rate people hire third rate people.” –Hermann […]
While pejorative stereotypes have been properly cast aside, the question remains whether there is a fundamental difference between how Eastern and Western societies are configured.
Kessler hopes his theory helps us to see that those struggling aren’t “broken,” but caught in a loop.
If the Big Bang happened and everything is moving away from us, where’s the center? “I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out […]
Following hormonal biomarkers across a wide variety of species helped scientists piece it together.
Anxiety can be a force for good, writes Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön.
When we think about a long-term solution to our energy needs, none of today’s options are this good. “I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would […]
America’s most popular conspiracy theories and the science behind them.
It’s tempting to add the spins of the quarks together, but that’s not what the experiments agree with! “We must regard it rather as an accident that the Earth (and presumably […]
Philosopher and cognitive scientist David Chalmers warns about an AI-dominated future world without consciousness at a recent conference on artificial intelligence that also included Elon Musk, Ray Kurzweil, Sam Harris, Demis Hassabis and others.
A new generation of tabletop physics devices may be the next forefront for breakthrough discoveries.
Students at an English university have demanded that their curriculum be “decolonized”. What does that mean?
Physicists finds evidence from just after the Big Bang that supports the controversial holographic universe theory.