Humans of the Future
Time travel could be possible, but only with parallel timelines
Equations that describe time travel are fully compatible and consistent with relativity — but physics is not mathematics.
Why the metaverse can’t exist without a blockchain
If the metaverse is money, then companies will certainly want to play, too.
Organs from genetically engineered pigs may help shorten the transplant wait list
"I was part of the surgical team that conducted the first pig-to-human heart transplant in a living patient."
Future evolution: from looks to brains and personality, how will humans change in the next 10,000 years?
Discussions of human evolution are usually backward looking, as if the greatest triumphs and challenges were in the distant past.
Humanity is not even a Type 1 civilization. What would a Type 3 be capable of?
The Kardashev scale ranks civilizations from Type 1 to Type 3 based on energy harvesting.
Jeff Bezos is looking to defy death. This is what we know about the science of aging
Altos Labs is an ambitious new anti-aging company with billions of dollars to back it up.
Water on Mars found hidden in massive canyon
Water on Mars is key for human survival on the Red Planet, not just for drinking but for growing food and making fuel and oxygen.
Finally, a sex robot that wants to be your friend
The AI remembers that you are 32 years old and like to eat sushi, except on Thursdays.
The Singularity: When will we all become super-humans?
Are we really only a moment away from "The Singularity," a technological epoch that will usher in a new era in human evolution?
Metaverse: Augmented reality pioneer warns it could be far worse than social media
If used improperly, the metaverse could be more divisive than social media and an insidious threat to society and even reality itself.
Walt Disney’s radical vision for a new kind of city
In 1966, Disney announced his intention to build Epcot, an acronym for “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.”
Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation”: Predicting the future with mathematical sociology
The "Foundation" series, recently adapted into a show by Apple TV, was inspired by a fascinating, real-life academic discipline.
You can now live forever. (Your AI-powered twin, that is.)
Mind Bank Ai is the newest entrant in an ambitious idea: using AI to create a kind of immortality.
“Micro-swimmers”: Tiny bots could soon deliver medicine through the bloodstream
Guided by ultrasound waves, swarms of microrobots could soon be used to deliver medicine to targeted sites in the body.
How Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” highlights the value of science fiction
Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" series helped inspire the field of social physics, which uses math to understand crowd behavior.
The incredible origin story of CRISPR
The development of the revolutionary gene-engineering tool CRISPR is a tale fit for the big screen.
Climate change is an existential threat not to humanity but to our project of civilization
Civilization is facing an existential threat from climate change. Will we humans make it? Does anyone in the universe make it?
NASA wants future humans to find this time capsule in space
NASA will use energy from Earth's gravity to launch the Lucy spacecraft in October of this year.
The metaverse: From science fiction to virtual reality
Think of a combination of immersive virtual reality, an online role-playing game, and the internet.
Humans aren’t overpopulated. We’re aging and shrinking
Too few babies — not overpopulation — is likely to be a major problem this century.
Here are the top 10 jobs of the future
Say hello to your new colleague, the Workplace Environment Architect.
New study finds unusual genetic difference in people who live to 105
Want to live 100+ years? You may need unusually good DNA repair.
Unknown bacteria found living on the International Space Station
The discovery could help astronauts find better ways to grow food in space.
Wireless brain-to-brain communication steps closer to human trials
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.
Startup looks to begin pig-to-human organ transplants by 2022
Porcine gene edits may allow such transplants without rejection.
4 microbes may lead to new type 2 diabetes probiotics
A new study suggests that maintaining gut health to avoid diabetes may be little simpler than previously believed.
Michio Kaku: 3 mind-blowing predictions about the future
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.
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