WIRED founder Kevin Kelly explains why progress often looks like dystopia to the untrained eye.
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Futurist Ari Wallach asks, “how do we want to be remembered?”
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Televising the coronation was thought to be an affront to the dignity of the event.
When people pick the greatest scientist of all-time, Newton and Einstein always come up. Perhaps they should name Johannes Kepler, instead.
Literature’s first utopia shows how far we’ve come.
For decades, the Communist Party of China has relied on reeducation camps to reform “parasites” and persuade people to support the communist cause.
Recent research suggests that Earth’s magnetic field bounced back just as complex life was starting to emerge on our planet.
We all want to have a good, stable relationship with somebody, says Dr. Helen Fisher. So it’s important to understand how intense romantic love affects our long-term goals.
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The Metaverse could be the most dangerous tool of persuasion humanity has ever created.
Perfectionism is on the rise, and its consequences for mental health can be devastating. The Japanese philosophy of “wabi sabi” can help.
Summit Public Schools take a radically different approach to education. And it’s working.
Who will lead humanity in the Metaverse? Roblox and Minecraft gamers.
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An average undergraduate student in physics is better than the AI.
These dissolvable pills aren’t meant to be swallowed, though.
“Spanish Stonehenge” contains 526 giant stones, three circular burial sites, a quarry, and four necropolises.
The separation of conjoined twins is fraught with stomach-churning biomedical and ethical challenges.
Elon Musk suggested remote-controlled, vibrating anal beads. Thankfully, there are more mundane explanations.
“The more we understand ourselves and the universe, the more magnificent it is.”
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You would think that with all our technology, like the James Webb Space Telescope, we would know how big the Universe is. But we don’t.
No matter how good our measurement devices get, certain quantum properties always possess an inherent uncertainty. Can we figure out why?
Since the time of Galileo, Saturn’s rings have remained an unexplained mystery. A new idea may have finally solved the longstanding puzzle.
The East India Company issued stocks to minimize the risk on their unpredictable but highly lucrative voyages. The rest is history.
Just a small gesture or a thoughtful comment can often alter a situation, or people’s perceptions of it, in ways that relieve tensions and make them feel appreciated and included.
Certain cancers are striking earlier than they used to.
Advances in ancient DNA analysis gave researchers a new way to trace the movements of peoples across Eurasia.
There are nearly 100 towns named “Troy.”
Creativity and achievement require balancing hard work with the restful power of calm.
“Our risk-benefit analysis showed that benefits exceeded procedural risks… by up to 200 to 1.”
Black holes aren’t just the densest masses in the Universe, but they also spin the fastest of all massive objects. Here’s why it must be so.
To be successful at bonsai cultivation, you must acquire the perseverance and unconditional kindness normally reserved for devout monks.