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Explore the discoveries that reveal how the world works, alongside the technologies that extend, reshape, and sometimes challenge what’s possible.
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CRISPR’s gene drive can defy evolution. Here’s how, explained by Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna.
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Two-thirds of our days are spent alone. The Metaverse will bring us together, argues leading Metaverse thinker Matthew Ball.
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Jimena Canales shares the “demons” that shaped computer science.
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Black women are 3x more likely to die giving birth. Here’s one plan to fix that.
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Is science destined to crack the code of consciousness—and how would we even go about it?
John Templeton Foundation
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The futurist behind Minority Report explains 3 steps for predicting what comes next.
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An interview with economist Tyler Cowen on why American progress has seemed to stall and how we can get it back on track.
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WIRED founder Kevin Kelly explains why progress often looks like dystopia to the untrained eye.
Who will lead humanity in the Metaverse? Roblox and Minecraft gamers.
“The more we understand ourselves and the universe, the more magnificent it is.”
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Darwin, Descartes, and Maxwell all believed in these science ‘demons.’
John Templeton Foundation
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Why should anyone care about the metaverse? Expert Matthew Ball explains what it is, what it isn’t, and why it matters.
Do aliens dream about meeting us, too?
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There is no evidence for God as a “big being.” Is God something else?
John Templeton Foundation
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How to see through the lies that surround us.
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Rituals come as much from religion as they do from the way Earth spins around the Sun.
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Humans won’t survive if we stay on Earth. Michio Kaku explains.
Almost all our school improvements fail. Here’s why.
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