This video explains how the Fermi Paradox - the fact that aliens should mathematically be abundant in the universe and yet we haven't heard from any - actually makes sense when you take into account quantum technology.
Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate understanding of the ancient encounters that put it there.
Artificial intelligence is unlikely to produce permanent mass unemployment, Vivek Chibber argues. But without class struggle from below and state action, automation will deepen inequality and leave workers to bear its costs.
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In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.
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This idea of “alpha males” has dominated pop culture for a while now. But here’s the thing–it’s built on bad science.
If scientists think that kissing up to the president has any strategic value, they are quite mistaken; the destruction of American science isn’t slowing down, and all this smells like appeasement.
Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down some important points about Greenland from a scientific, historical, and geopolitical lens.
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