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The Case for Electric Vehicles

Electric vehicles are currently being designed to drive for longer and in a more efficient manner than traditional, fossil fuel-burning vehicles.

Brandon J. Weichert

11 Mar 2018 · 7 min read

Is There a Future for Human Spaceflight?

In this article a number of observations are discussed that point toward a human spaceflight future deeply buried in uncertainty.

Philip Backman

11 Mar 2018 · 16 min read

Would You Opt for Immortality?

Michael Shermer

2 Mar 2018 · 5 min read

The Google Memo: A Counterfactual Response

An employee offers an alternative take on the notorious Google Memo.

Publius

22 Feb 2018 · 4 min read

Sex and STEM: Stubborn Facts and Stubborn Ideologies

In this essay, we’ll provide some background on the STEM controversy and consider multiple factors that might contribute to these sex differences.

David C. Geary and Gijsbert Stoet

15 Feb 2018 · 16 min read

Lawsuit Exposes Internet Giant’s Internal Culture of Intolerance

The willingness to displace all of the other people on a panel, people who presumably worked hard to earn those speaking opportunities, displays a level of ego that is striking.

Gideon Scopes

1 Feb 2018 · 12 min read

The Internet Is Not a Children’s TV Channel

The internet is not a TV station, a babysitter, a shopping mall, a kindergarten, or a support group.

Matthew Mott

23 Jan 2018 · 6 min read

Nikola Tesla: The Extraordinary Life of a Modern Prometheus

The match for each, of course, is Tesla. Surprised? Most people have heard his name, but few know much about his place in modern science and technology.

Richard Gunderman

7 Jan 2018 · 6 min read

Plenty of Room for AI-nxiety

Things change once we leave the world of infallible humans who can create a perfectly benevolent general intelligence.

Christopher Reuenthal

4 Jan 2018 · 10 min read

Using the Blockchain to Fight Corruption

Blockchain technology has the power to render the dealings of businesses and nation states into open books, purged of secrecy and the privacy of elite cabals.

Alexander Blum

25 Dec 2017 · 6 min read

The Ethics of Cognitive Enhancement

Technologies arising out of our improved understanding may be developed to enhance IQ and considers some of the ethical questions that gives rise to.

Toby Young

25 Dec 2017 · 7 min read

Rational AI-nxiety: A Counter-Argument

Is there a dark side to artificial intelligence? Many people, including famous science and technology leaders, assert that advancements in AI should be approached with extreme caution.

Anna Marieta Moise

21 Dec 2017 · 11 min read

Romanticizing the Hunter-Gatherer

It is important to note that this does not take into account the difficulty or danger involved in the types of tasks undertaken by hunter-gatherers.

William Buckner

16 Dec 2017 · 14 min read

Irrational AI-nxiety

Concerns over the potential harm of new technologies are often sensible, but they should be grounded in fact, not flights of fearful fancy.

Edward Clint

14 Dec 2017 · 9 min read

The Politics of Science: Why Scientists Might Not Say What the Evidence Supports

The case for deferring to scientific consensus on politically contentious topics is much weaker. This is true because what scientists publicly say may differ from what they privately believe.

Jonathan Anomaly

29 Nov 2017 · 6 min read