In 1966, Disney announced his intention to build Epcot, an acronym for “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.”

The "Foundation" series, recently adapted into a show by Apple TV, was inspired by a fascinating, real-life academic discipline.

Mind Bank Ai is the newest entrant in an ambitious idea: using AI to create a kind of immortality.

Guided by ultrasound waves, swarms of microrobots could soon be used to deliver medicine to targeted sites in the body.

Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" series helped inspire the field of social physics, which uses math to understand crowd behavior.

The development of the revolutionary gene-engineering tool CRISPR is a tale fit for the big screen.

Civilization is facing an existential threat from climate change. Will we humans make it? Does anyone in the universe make it?

NASA will use energy from Earth's gravity to launch the Lucy spacecraft in October of this year.

Think of a combination of immersive virtual reality, an online role-playing game, and the internet.

The oldest person in history lived to 122

Too few babies — not overpopulation — is likely to be a major problem this century.

Say hello to your new colleague, the Workplace Environment Architect.

A new study finds an unusual genetic difference in people over 105.

The discovery could help astronauts find better ways to grow food in space.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently issued $8 million in follow-up funding to a team of neuroengineers developing brain-to-brain and brain-to-machine technology.

Porcine gene edits may allow such transplants without rejection.

A new study suggests that maintaining gut health to avoid diabetes may be little simpler than previously believed.

What lies in store for humanity? Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains how different life will be for your descendants—and maybe your future self, if the timing works out.