Colossal Biosciences' feat of genetic engineering has people talking, but not every scientist is on board with its claim of having brought back the dire wolf.
There is a real but nuanced scientific debate ongoing about the risks and benefits of fluoridation.
A hat and sunglasses may not be enough to fool the most sophisticated facial recognition algorithms.
Humanity's once-steady rise in life expectancy is now slowing down, raising the question of whether we're about to reach the ceiling of our longevity.
Being alive is an indescribably weird and remarkable experience... but we may not even be.
"...it seems clear that other species have their own moral codes and systems..."
And why does scratching feel so good?
"Old age" sounds like a pleasant way to go, comparatively—a peaceful winding-down. But what exactly does it look like?
"There is no theoretical barrier to the possibility of accessing the contents of someone’s dream."
Our garbage heaps are rich in metals and other materials, but landfill mining is rare.
"I don’t think so, no... That said, there are currently new approaches being tested."
"But basically all mammals—rats, dogs, cats—also have REM sleep. And it’s during REM sleep that we take experience and reshape it in novel ways."
"What could go wrong? Soon we will be able to write any virus genome from scratch."
"We would need to get right up close to the TV (quite an unnatural thing to do) to tell apart a 4K screen from an 8K one."
"The running joke in fusion is that, every year for the last 50 years, it’s been 50 years away. But this time, I think we’re really getting close."
"The oldest sports—using that term loosely—would likely concern training for war or ritualized leisure activities tied to violence.”
"The future of the smartphone—or connection device(s)—will likely rely on more deeply engaging us sensorially as humans. "
"The real question is: why would you want to do that?"
"It is clear that some animals become familiar and get along with group members that happen to be other species, but do they become friends?"
"These days, hurricane modification is considered almost a kind of fringe science. But that wasn’t always the case."
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