An article published in Science in 1960 predicted that, thanks to ever-increasing growth, in the year 2026 the human population would approach infinity.
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The most probable scenario is likely not what you think.
We are not ready for AI more intelligent than ourselves. Here’s why.
Get past the fake science, and the Taurid meteor shower foreshadows what could, one day, pose a troubling scenario.
Spiritualists believed that after shedding the body in death, the spirit would continue on a celestial journey and help those on Earth create a more just world.
Douglas Rushkoff’s Survival of the Richest is less about tech billionaires and their ‘bonkers’ escape plans than it is an entertaining primer on the various ills of late capitalism.
Led by a brilliant Blak cast including Nakkiah Lui, Jack Charles and Ursula Yovich, Preppers tackles some big issues while making you laugh out loud.
If you’re committed to a belief, it’s hard to let go. Psychology and philosophy provide different ways to think about how skeptics respond to counterevidence.
NASA says there are ten “potentially hazardous” asteroids close to Earth. Good reason to make sure we have a backup plan should any catastrophic event wipe of much of life on Earth.
In the future some humans may be born without either a mother or father as we now know them, and with no other humans around to bring them up.
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of English, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Lecturer in Creative Writing, The University of Queensland
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Research Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico
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Michael J Crouch Chair in Innovation, School of Management and Governance, UNSW
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Architecture, The University of Queensland
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Professor, History, Western University