Before the internet, artificial intelligence, the International Space Station, and the mapping of the human genome, there was science fiction, which predicted it all. Where and when the genre began is debatable: among the ancestors of today’s science fiction are…
Forget about artificial intelligence. The next big development in the tech industry is not chatbots that can respond to you as though they’re human — it’s computers that solve complex problems the way the universe does: with quantum physics. On…
For centuries, humans have searched for the fountain of youth. But according to recent research, the fountain of youth isn’t some water with magic properties — instead, it seems there is power in the blood … human blood. Gen Magazine…
A California company, Conception, is attempting to create lab-grown human eggs, according to a recent NPR report. The company claims that the process, called in vitro gametogenesis (IVG), would be an option for people who are unable to conceive. However,…
John Thomas Scopes was your quintessential math and science teacher of the 1920s. He had round glasses and a serious demeanor and wore a skimmer hat, sometimes perched rakishly on one side of his head. He wasn’t necessarily an amazing…
Springer Nature, an academic publisher, retracted a transgenderism study on a technicality after receiving an open letter from pro-transgender activists calling for greater “integrity on LGBTQ+ matters.” The study supports the rapid-onset gender dysphoria theory, which holds that gender dysphoria…
Billionaire Bill Gates funds the world’s largest mosquito factory in Medellín, Colombia — which is part of the World Mosquito Program — and releases “thousands” of altered mosquitoes per week using gelatin capsules, drones, and motorcycles. The World Mosquito Program’s…
Climate change activists are dogmatic. Greenhouse gases released by human activity are warming the earth by trapping heat in the atmosphere. Thus, doom and gloom and civilizational collapse await us if we don’t decrease the number of cows, gas-guzzling cars,…
Let me summarize first. I love artificial intelligence. I love watching it become more powerful and useful to us. And I think it may essentially wipe out humanity. But if so, there’s really not much we can do about it….
