We are trapped on Earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe...

What shall we do once machines become conscious? Do we need to grant them rights?

Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded?

Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways?

Everything will end. Even the universe. But in a future so far away that it defies description, there will still be light and therefore a chance for life. It will be around white dwarfs, the corpses of stars. But even they will fade one day...

Automation in the Information Age is different.

Size is the most under appreciated regulator of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings.

Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us.

What happens if we bring the sun to earth? No, seriously.

What happens when microbes talk to your brain?

If you could decide today... how long do you want to live?

What if we could stop aging forever?

How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence?

What is UBI? How would free money change our lives.