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The metaverse has the potential to be revolutionary, for both good and bad. Here is how we can maximize the former and prevent the latter.
What responsibility do social media companies like Twitter have to free speech? It depends on whether they are “landlords” or “publishers.”
If everyone just showed up to their appointments, $150 billion of waste could be averted.
What do communist dictators Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong have in common with U.S. Presidents like John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan? Hint: It’s the same thing they have in […]
New studies stretch the boundaries of physics, achieving quantum entanglement in larger systems.
An accident left this musician with one arm. Now he is helping create future tech for others with disabilities.
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Most male mammals have little or nothing to do with their kids. Why is our own species different?
Most exoplanets have been found around single stars via the transit method. But binary star systems might contain even more of them.
You are much more likely to die in a car crash than from terrorism. Yet, philosopher Eran Fish says fearing terrorism more is justified.
Late-night shows, developed during the “golden age” of TV, are no longer as relevant in the age of streaming services and Donald Trump.
China’s dominance of the rare earth metal industry is part of its overall geopolitical strategy.
Known as primordial black holes, they could thoroughly change our Universe’s history. But the evidence is strongly against them.
A physicist creates an AI algorithm that predicts natural events and may prove the simulation hypothesis.
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.
In the philosophy of Star Wars, the Sith are evil because they surrender to passion. But is a life of total rationality a “good” life?
Asking science to determine what happened before time began is like asking, “Who were you before you were born?”
The gospels imply that Jesus became famous as much for his exorcisms as his ministry.
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Was there an intelligent, technologically advanced species long before humans existed? Could there have been a dinosaur civilization?
And what if both parties are skilled at mirroring each other? Will it produce a stalemate?
Nuclear fusion has long been seen as the future of energy. As the NIF now passes the breakeven point, how close are we to our ultimate goal?
The language you speak plays an important role in how you evaluate truth.
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?
Hybrid working, robot fast food workers, and the rapid acceleration of NFTs are just the beginning.
Our temporal experience of the world is not divided into a series of neat segments, yet that’s how we talk about time.
Each of our three nearest stars might have an Earth-like planet in orbit around it. Here’s what we’ll learn when we finally observe it.
The Netflix show about a Birmingham crime family and their personal demons concluded earlier this month.