My daughter, who’s been getting curious about how evolution shaped all the animals on Earth, including us, recently asked me if humans are still evolving. I thought the answer was no. For most of life’s history, organisms with traits that reduced the likelihood of successful reproduction were less likely to Read more…
While having a discussion with friends about the accelerating advance of technology, I was asked what I think will happen in society in the next 10 years. I came up with three big things I believe will shape the next decade more than anything else: AI, population collapse, and climate change. (more…)
We’ve all wondered if there’s other intelligent life out there, and we’ve wondered if we’ll ever make contact with them. But if there are hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy, and each of these stars likely has a planetary system, and many of these planetary systems have Earth-like planets hospitable to life, then how come we haven’t heard from any of these aliens? (more…)
How the world is going to end, or at least how human civilization will end, is something that religious folks and wannabe intellectuals talk about all the time. But what is going to end it all? And when will it happen? Rarely is the subject approached with cool logic, educated foresight, and statistical probabilities. We’re going to give it a shot. (more…)
We’re on the verge of curing major diseases and sending tourists into space. What else does the future hold? Move over, Nostradamus. Here are headlines from the future. (more…)