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Humanity's newest, most powerful space telescope is performing even better than predicted. The reason why is unprecedented.
Here on Earth, the Sun is our primary source of light, heat, and energy. But it also poses a grave threat to human civilization.
The automated McDonald's has a staff comparable to other stores. But the crew members are all focused on making and packaging orders instead of delivering them.
The shift from steam to electricity was inevitable — but some foresaw it earlier than others.
We are still new at this.
The most important events in history have nothing to do with politics or wars.
ChatGPT's capabilities are astonishing.
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Pessimism sounds smart. Optimism sounds dumb. Don’t fall for it, says Wired’s Kevin Kelly.
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Astronomers have been looking for radio waves sent by a distant civilization for more than 60 years.
Unfortunately, the Lunar Ark project is an idea more at home in science fiction than science fact.
Living is about staying busy.
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Expert Matthew Ball explains how the Metaverse is a golden opportunity to fix the internet.
Progress got derailed somewhere between indoor plumbing and the flying car. Why?
We asked 11 experts about the future of progress for humanity.
About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]
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WIRED founder Kevin Kelly explains why progress often looks like dystopia to the untrained eye.
The last 70 years have taken us farther than the previous 70,000. But can we accomplish more than creating a record saying, "We were here?"
Could anyone still meet the Theoretical Minimum?
An interview with CRISPR co-discoverer and Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Jennifer Doudna.
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Do aliens dream about meeting us, too?
We've been somewhat lucky in the past...
The way to understand the earliest moments of creation is to recreate those conditions and study them. Why would we stop now?
Humans are already so integrated with technology that the dream of transhumanism is a reality. Can we handle what comes next?
Technology will not save the world, and it is inherently neither good nor bad. But, when tech is coupled to human virtue, good will prevail.
Some astrobiologists believe life is rare, while others believe it is common in the Universe. How can we find out which view is correct?
Now they're pointing the way to future battery technologies.
Every timekeeping device works via a version of a pendulum — even the atomic clocks that are accurate to nanoseconds.
Two types of nanotechnology, metalenses and metamaterials, could soon make Harry Potter's invisibility cloak a reality.
On forums, “true bitcoiners” didn’t talk about technology or crypto. Instead, they talked about trust and corruption.