Wealth concentration among elites was common in ancient nations, but the scale on which it took place in Egypt’s 18th Dynasty was unprecedented.
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Researchers hypothesize that these exoplanets could support the development of alien life.
Real-time online learning is where our dated education system is heading.
The zero-point energy of empty space is not zero. Even with all the physics we know, we have no idea how to calculate what it ought to be.
As the demonstrations grew, so did the internet service disruptions.
If you put very fine black powder powder in a confined space it explodes in a cloud of heat, gas and noise.
Now they’re pointing the way to future battery technologies.
If we are wreaking havoc on ourselves and the world, it is because we have become mesmerized by a mechanistic, reductionist way of thinking.
Understanding the factors behind recent growth could help us better approach inequality.
The Inglehart-Welzel World Cultural map replaces geographic accuracy with closeness in terms of values.
The Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.
Augmented reality (AR) contact lenses will project the digital world into our retinas, perhaps helping us navigate the metaverse.
When someone attempts to make you afraid of something that hasn’t happened instead of a true, present danger, suspect this nefarious ploy.
Society treats teenagers as if they’re a problem to be solved, but the truth is that we have to prepare them to solve our problems. It’s time that we change the narrative.
It’s knowledgeable, confident, and behaves human-like in many ways. But it’s not magic that powers AI though; it’s just math and data.
Google’s “Year in Search 2020” results reveal a year when “why” was searched more than ever.
Can space ever be safe? What about the metaverse?
Developing an awareness of and an appreciation for science is what we all truly need, not what we’ve been doing.
Today, we could use Big Data to radically reform democracy. Tomorrow, we could build nanofabricators and usher in an era of abundance. Is society ready?
The key? A computational flattening algorithm.
Pando, which is Latin for “I spread,” is a single organism spanning some 106 acres.
The insurmountable contrasts between their visions help explain Russia’s stunted development and hint at its destructive future.
Bitcoin’s creator owns five percent of the entire Bitcoin supply, meaning that he has a larger percent of Bitcoin than the U.S. has of gold.
The world isn’t ending! But we are likely at the beginning of a profound transformation.
One of the best-known allegorical depictions of love has a rather pessimistic male twin.
Nebulae are beautiful, but so is the process of science.
Brain-based technologies of spiritual enhancement can induce mystical experiences in many people on demand. What does this mean for spirituality today?
The Chegg cheating scandal reveals a critical need to rethink the student experience in post-COVID education.
The world is changing, and technology is driving that change. Today, that observation is about as compelling as the insight that water runs downhill. It’s just what technology (and water) […]