When we see the future through rose-tinted lenses, we are less likely to take the action necessary to achieve our goals.

It was fifty years ago that the French philosopher and author Jean-Paul Sartre graciously refused the Nobel Prize for Literature. How different (and more noble?) his world was from ours.

Because intelligence is such a strong genetic trait, rapidly advancing genetics research could result in the ability to create a class of super-intelligent humans one-thousand times higher in IQ than today's most brilliant thinkers.

While it's more pleasant to be pleasant with those around you, being a crank can have its benefits when it comes to getting your way.

There is a point beyond which life is no longer worth living, both because of diminished mental and physical capacities, and because of how the living will remember us.

Two astronomers have a new theory which suggests that intelligent life on planet Earth may be as old as can be expected in our galaxy.

The Norwegian town of Lillestrøm recently undertook an experiment that demonstrated the economic value of emission-free transportation by giving cash to its citizens.