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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.
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The “It Gets Better Project,” started by Savage and his husband Terry in response to recent LGBT teen suicides, has become such a success that even President Obama has made […]
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Breaking the analog world into zeros and ones results in some loss of information, but it allows for an infinite number of exact replications.
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Because of the wave nature of matter, there is a finite possibility—albeit a minuscule one—that you could go to bed on Earth and wake up the next morning on Mars.
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If we were able to move our brains, neuron-for-neuron, into a robot, would we still be the same person?
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Even if science is able to teleport humans across large distances, would the teleported human really be the same person or just an exact replica? What would happen to the […]
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Scientists always say that fusion is 20 years away, but this time the physicist says it’s for real.
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Graphene is in incredibly strong, one-molecule thick layer of carbon atoms that could someday be used to create life-sustaining nanorobots.
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Technology already allows for primitive versions of superhuman abilities. One day we might also have contact lenses that allow us to surf the Internet and see infrared radiation.
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Today’s robots are less intelligent than cockroaches, but advances in quantum computing—transferring information using atoms rather than silicon—could revolutionize the field of AI.
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The physicist explains why other universes in the mulitverse could have many more dimensions—and could comprise Einstein’s “Mind of God.”
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Could the power of gravity be harnessed as a means of nearly instantaneous communication between planets—and even galaxies?
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The physicist scoffed at the idea of quantum entanglement, calling it “spooky action at a distance.” And while it has in fact been proven to exist, this entanglement can’t be […]
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In economies that have grown extremely fast over the last few decades, not only are women and men equal in terms of literacy, but in many cases there’s more women […]
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Generally speaking, women are starting to be as healthy and almost as educated as men around the world. And yet they are not being channeled into the economy and not […]
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Research by the World Economic Forum seeks to quantify how nations are dividing resources between women and men—regardless of whether the countries are rich or poor.
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A conversation with the Director of Constituents at the World Economic Forum.
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A conversation with the co-founder of the Age Wave demographics think tank.
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The idea that politicians will grant gay people equality has always been a complete delusion, says the blogger. “The only thing that brings us equality is our own testimony and […]
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