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“Could you create a god?” Nietzsche's titular character asks in "Thus Spoke Zarathustra."
When it comes to behavior, genetics may play a larger role than you think.
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.
From a hot, dense, uniform state in its earliest moments, our entire known Universe arose. These unavoidable steps made it all possible.
With no reliable way to discern the author of an artwork, we may eventually abandon the question of whether something was made by humans or not.
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Americans are getting older, and so are traditional healthcare methods. CEO of Northwell Health Michael Dowling shares his take on how we can develop the best care for our elderly loved ones.
Northwell Health
It was barely a century ago that we thought the Milky Way encompassed the entirety of the Universe. Now? We're not even a special galaxy.
Plato's cave metaphor illustrates the cognitive trap of ignorance, where we may be unaware of the limitations of our understanding.
It’s been 65 years since Richard Feynman saw “plenty of room” in the nano-world. Are we finally getting down there?
Even with just a momentary view of our galaxy right now, the data we collect enables us to reconstruct so much of our past history.
"Personhood" credentials could cleanse the internet of bots — but are the costs worth it?
Will "Sausage Party" survive the test of time?
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"Humans, like most mammals, tend to shut down in really frightening situations for which they have no training or prior experience. Researchers call it negative panic. People do nothing. They shut down."
50 years ago, Stephen Hawking showed that black holes emit radiation and eventually decay away. That fate may now apply to everything.
A National Center for Data and Evidence could supplement our archaic and expensive system and more accurately measure AI's impact on jobs.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
The closest known star that will soon undergo a core-collapse supernova is Betelgeuse, just 640 light-years away. Here's what we'll observe.
The Wharton School professor — and author of Co-Intelligence — outlines ways we can tap into the AI advantage safely and effectively.
In 2021, residents of the top America could expect to live 20.4 years longer than residents of the bottom America.
We have very specific predictions for how particles ought to decay. When we look at B-mesons all together, something vital doesn't add up.