One of the newest tricks we humans can do is to change the DNA of plants, bacteria and animals.  Reprogrammed bacteria can do useful thing...

  Maybe just a few short years from now AGI will be announced.    A superintelligent AI that thinks like a human and can solve problems.    ...

  Throughout the ages many crackpot ideas have actually come true.  Human flight, the moon  landing, the idea that the moon causes tides, th...

  Science seems to require so much money and so many people nowadays.  But are there still fields where ordinary people, amateurs, can disco...

  A few weeks ago we discussed what life would be like if we were all Ferengi.    This week let’s try to imagine what the world would be lik...

With DNA editing we can improve the way our bodies function.    With robotic enhancements, we will be able to do things no human can do.    ...

Would a completely open world where all speech is allowed function properly?    It is tempting to think that if we allow everyone to say any...

What is your purpose in life?    Is it enough to eat and drink and enjoy as much of life as you can?    Or do we all need a higher purpose? ...

  A few weeks ago we talked about a world without money, this week we will go to the opposite extreme and talk about a world where people ar...

  There is a war raging now that will change the world stage, maybe forever.    What will happen to world politics and the world economy in ...

  We tend to think these days that we can observe and measure everything but there is a lot going on out there that we are not aware of.  Th...

There are some terrible empires on this planet, like North Korea and Turkmenistan.  There are also more moderate empires, like the West.  Bu...

  2021 is almost over and good riddance!    2 more weeks and we can breathe again! Or can we?    What will 2022 bring?    Perhaps it will be...

  What is it really like to live in the International Space Station?    Do you envy the people who go there?   You have to stay for about 6 ...

18 years after Second Life began metaverses are the new hot thing again.  Facebook, which now calls itself Meta, is making a virtual world w...

  We are within months of very strong AI being released to the public.    If you want to blow your mind, see this example:  Leta, GPT-3 AI -...

The largest cities on Earth are probably partly underground now.  But in the future it could be that we will all need to live underground.  ...

  There are many strange places in space, and we are beginning to send artists into it.  Last month 4 artists went into space, in the coming...

Is it inevitable that people will want to upgrade themselves as technology progresses and possibilities open?  If you lose an arm you will w...

  Last month a report from a thinktank called RethinkX suggested that certain disruptive technologies will mean that we produce less carbon ...