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Willow Smith, Will and Jada Smith’s precocious 9 year old daughter, just released her single "Whip My Hair," a smash hit that heralds a great career. Are 9-year old superstars […]
It is not because Julian Assange reminds us of Errol Morris. It is because Julian Assange reminds us of Robert S. McNamara. His precision and self-assurance are coupled with mission, […]
There are seismic events which have such import, that it is possible to remember exactly where one was and what one was doing when the news first broke. I was […]
The online video series, created by sex columnist Dan Savage and his husband Terry in response to recent LGBT teen suicides, has reached the White House. Savage talks to Big Think about its success.
The anti-plastic crusade of the past few years has focused largely on bottled water, but the beverage market isn't the only culprit for the plastic bottle epidemic. Replenish aims to […]
We all know that when it comes to buying a house the three most important factors to consider are location, location, and location. There is anecdotal evidence that if you […]
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The "It Gets Better Project," started by Savage and his husband Terry in response to recent LGBT teen suicides, has become such a success that even President Obama has made […]
When I wrote a couple of days ago that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is wrong to blame immigrants to Germany for failing to adapt to German norms quickly enough, one […]
When an industrialized nation's population shrinks, fewer and fewer working-age people have to support more and more retirees.
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Breaking the analog world into zeros and ones results in some loss of information, but it allows for an infinite number of exact replications.
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Because of the wave nature of matter, there is a finite possibility—albeit a minuscule one—that you could go to bed on Earth and wake up the next morning on Mars.
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If we were able to move our brains, neuron-for-neuron, into a robot, would we still be the same person?
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Even if science is able to teleport humans across large distances, would the teleported human really be the same person or just an exact replica? What would happen to the […]
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Scientists always say that fusion is 20 years away, but this time the physicist says it’s for real.
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Graphene is in incredibly strong, one-molecule thick layer of carbon atoms that could someday be used to create life-sustaining nanorobots.
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Technology already allows for primitive versions of superhuman abilities. One day we might also have contact lenses that allow us to surf the Internet and see infrared radiation.
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Today's robots are less intelligent than cockroaches, but advances in quantum computing—transferring information using atoms rather than silicon—could revolutionize the field of AI.
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The physicist explains why other universes in the mulitverse could have many more dimensions—and could comprise Einstein's "Mind of God."
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Could the power of gravity be harnessed as a means of nearly instantaneous communication between planets—and even galaxies?