Thanks to modern tech, Earth is now considered a ‘detectable’ planet. Astrophysicist Sara Seager explains how this idea can lead us to discovering life elsewhere in our universe.

"The production of the silicon wafers that are used in the chip manufacturing process requires extraordinary levels of purity."

“Old systems of the past are collapsing, and new systems of the future are still to be born. I call this moment the great progression.”

“Progress happens when we choose to make it happen. It happens through choice and effort. And ultimately, to make progress happen, we have to believe in it.”

“People got skeptical, fearful, doubtful of the very idea of progress in the 20th century and we allowed that to slow down progress itself.”

"We're living in an extraordinary moment in history. We are at a moment here in 2025 where we have world historic game-changing technologies now starting to scale."

From the printing press to the internet, every technological revolution in history has reshaped human thought. Now, with AI accelerating by the day, philosopher Meghan Sullivan asks: Are we ready for the philosophical shift that must follow?

“We are beginning to take our first steps out into the cosmic ocean… and the water seems inviting.”

"You need to embrace these systems and try out what's going on because if you don't understand it, you really can't hope to help your organization adapt and stay in front of this momentous, world-changing technology."

"We're awash in lies and misinformation to a degree that was not possible before we got the internet and in particular before we got social media."

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

Is science close to explaining everything about our Universe? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder reacts.

Pessimism sounds smart. Optimism sounds dumb. Don’t fall for it, says Wired’s Kevin Kelly.

Expert Matthew Ball explains how the Metaverse is a golden opportunity to fix the internet.

WIRED founder Kevin Kelly explains why progress often looks like dystopia to the untrained eye.

Do aliens dream about meeting us, too?