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“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
A golden new era of business is within our reach — provided that we harness AI's potential while mitigating the risks.
There are many things that separate science from ideology, politics, philosophy, or religion. Follow these 10 commandments to get it right.
New tests to detect species being traded, as well as population studies, aim to help save them.
A long view of biological survival might point us to new possibilities for finding life elsewhere in the Universe.
Architecture in the age of AI — argues professor Nayef Al-Rodhan — should embed philosophical inquiry in its transdisciplinary toolkit.
The last infant stars are finishing their formation inside these pillars of gas. The evaporation of those columns is almost complete.
Smart glasses have flopped before. AI could finally make them mainstream.
Kurzweil predicts that AI will combine with biotechnology to defeat degenerative diseases this decade. Then things will get really interesting.
The evidence is far less clear than popular media might lead you to believe.
Is a repressed memory always so bad?
Take a seat. Take a breath. Take a break.
Sure, there's less daylight during winter than summer, as your hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun. But darkness goes deeper than that.
"We should be informed and educated about the risks of AI, but we can’t be afraid,” Khan Academy founder Sal Khan told Big Think.
From flow to emotional intelligence, these insightful books feature actionable advice you can try out today.
Our thermodynamic arrow of time explains why the entropy of any isolated system always increases. But it can't explain what we perceive.
Cody Delistraty explores if laughter can help alleviate the physical symptoms of grief.
Nestor Maslej, research manager at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), talks us through key findings in the 2024 AI Index Report.
The near and far sides of the Moon are so different from each other, and no one is sure why. New lunar samples could confirm a wild theory.
This research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells in the liquid water ocean hidden beneath Enceladus’s icy crust.