37% of Bill Gates’ net worth would end world hunger. Instead, he invests billions of dollars into corporations blamed for many of the same health…
Artificial intelligence
The United States Marine Corp has abandoned plans to use a robotic mule in combat situations, claiming that the amount of noise it makes risks…
A recent series of ground-breaking neuroscience studies suggest that empathy and altruism are deeply rooted in human nature. Each year, people in the United States…
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has once again championed the incredible potential of renewable energy. During an interview Tuesday at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco,…
A talk with cognitive scientist Andrew Smart about artificial intelligence, hallucinations, and his new book Beyond Zero and One: Machines, Psychedelics, and Consciousness. http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/beyond-zero-and-one-by-andrew-smart/
There is no doubt that the pace of technological development we’ve seen in recent years has been both amazing, and frightening. It’s certainly made our…
Jack Rasmus looks beneath the surface of today’s announced preliminary figures for third quarter 2015 GDP, which slowed sharply at 1.5% from the previous quarter’s…
The nightmare scenario of nuclear war may actually be more frightening than you could ever have imagined. Life on the Earth is in danger of…
Robot ethicists have launched the Campaign Against Sex Robots, seeking a ban on the development of robotic sexytimes. The reality of pleasure bots is fast…
It turns out, that old adage is true – money does not buy everything. For some, money does not buy a clear conscience. Despite earning…
Mass Incarceration USA: Ending It, and What Started It With 2.4 million people in its prisons, jails and detention centers—and an additional 5 million people…
Human Design provides a new way to see ourselves and do a better job at being ourselves. Understanding the design chart of important people in…