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Creating an afterlife—or a simulation of one—would take vast amounts of energy. Some scientists think the best way to capture that energy is by building megastructures around stars.
Augmented reality (AR) contact lenses will project the digital world into our retinas, perhaps helping us navigate the metaverse.
The first world that humans should inhabit beyond the Earth is the Moon, not Mars. Here’s why terraforming our lunar neighbor is so appealing.
Dave Eggers book, “The Circle,” uses satire to illuminate how privacy is fast becoming a lost virtue in the digital age.
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The ethical debate over zoos is going to grow louder. There might be a solution that involves robots.
Crocodiles have been called “living fossils.” That is, the species has remained unaltered for vast periods of geologic time. They’ve become so perfectly adapted to their ecological niche that millions […]
Germany finds itself once again allowing a murderous dictator to run rampant in Europe, though this time it is due to incompetence and technophobia rather than malice.
There has been a dramatic increase in abuse and misuse.
The controversy over the universe’s expansion rate continues with a new, faster estimate.
The “overview effect,” experienced by astronauts when they view the Earth from outer space, irrevocably changes your perspective as a human.
Ever want to smell like an astronaut? Now you can!
What’s the difference between brainwashing and rehabilitation?
Life arose on Earth very early on. After a few billion years, here we are: intelligent and technologically advanced. Where’s everyone else?
Max Planck Institute scientists crash into a computing wall there seems to be no way around.
If dark energy gets stronger with time, our fate could be an utter catastrophe. When it comes to the entire Universe, one of the biggest existential questions we’re capable of […]
There’s a fortune to be made in data and silicon, and everyone is out for their share. Artificial intelligence is this century’s gold rush. Its promises scintillate in them there […]
Baruch Spinoza suggests how to lead a virtuous and blessed life.
A new study proposes that Hawking radiation could be used to find dark matter in places like primordial black holes.
What was the universe like one-trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Science has an answer.
Everything else in the universe is either a particle or field. Dark energy behaves as neither, and it may be a property inherent to space itself.
Does history have a grand narrative, or is it just a random walk to no place in particular? And is the world as we know it about to change?
Today, it’s common knowledge, but it took scientists centuries to figure out.
Yes, the Big Bang is real, but what about what came before? If you ask anyone about the origin of some phenomenon that we’ve observed, they’ll usually default to the same […]
Modern crops have been optimized for a lot of things, but not for climate change.
When the COVID-19 crisis is over, how will education have changed? Will we have made the most of this moment?
While it’s always been a boon to Popeye’s “muskles,” it looks like spinach may also have a role to play in clean future batteries.
New prototype Petri dishes let ordinary scientists in on the advanced technology.
The more horror we consume, the harder it becomes to find a good scare. These genuinely unsettling movies should get you in the mood for Halloween.