A new SETI study shows how far the field of technosignatures has come.

We need to fully acknowledge problems, while vigorously pursuing solutions. Call it “solutionism.”

“I'm here to argue that AI is not going to cause a rise in unemployment. I think it's actually increased employment in the United States, not decreased it.”

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Astronomer Adam Frank reflects on some responses to his recent appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast.

A wave of innovation is coursing through the nuclear industry — but ingrained opposition is the biggest roadblock.

“In our current social and physical climate, there's a sense of fatalism, a fear that bringing someone new into the world might be a bad thing.”

Experts answer 10 big questions about the nightmare scenario that could send us back to the pre-Space Age.

From tulips to Bitcoin, bubbles have been given a bad rap as destroyers of dreams — but they’re essential for our brightest future. Here’s why.

It’s been 65 years since Richard Feynman saw “plenty of room” in the nano-world. Are we finally getting down there?

A prolonged strike could cost the economy between $500 million to $4.5 billion per day.

“What happens if you incorporate an AI? It's now a legal person, and it can make decisions by itself. So you start having legal persons in the U.S., which are not human, and in many ways are more intelligent than us.”

Are breakthroughs really a matter of chance, or are they simply waiting to be uncovered by the right person at the right time?

Why the road to self-driving vehicles is paved with smarter “dumb” cars.

In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.

Evidence shows that “centaurs” — human–AI teaming — produce better performance than either people or software can achieve alone.

These missions will put us one step closer to the ultimate goal: crewed trips to Mars.

Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.

Today, the Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful particle physics experiment in history. What would a new, successor collider teach us?

The rise and fall of Josh Harris — the genius who anticipated the digital revolution just a little too soon.

AI researcher and author Ken Stanley wonders how our rear-view perspective on success fits into a serendipitous mode of innovation.

From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity's journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency.

9 minutes of cruel history may cure the anti-progress delusion.

The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency.

CERN's Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful particle accelerator ever. To go even further, we'll have to overcome something big.

The burial spot was found in one of the Herculaneum scrolls charred by Mt. Vesuvius.

NASA's minivan-sized drone is scheduled to search for signs of life on Titan in 2034.

If the past is any guide, things are going to take off quickly.

This may be the largest helium reservoir in U.S. history.

"Hardcore History" host Dan Carlin recently spoke with Big Think about the history of humanity's drive to create — and whether or not we can control it.