Are you looking forward to self-driving cars? Perhaps you love taking the curves of the road yourself, but more likely, you would relish a commute where you could read or catch up on the latest episode of “Mandalorian“. But do you trust your self-driving car to get you to your destination safely? What happens if […]
The newest seekers of immortality are on a radical quest: mind uploading. These people think that it may be possible to take all of the information locked within the folds of creases of their brains and upload it to the internet. Decoupled from their mortal bodies, they would be free forever. Free from suffering, free […]
It’s been 50 years since we’ve first set foot on the moon. That moment, the human species was brought together – our dreams, our goals, our visions of a future not just confined to one pale blue dot, but one that is constantly expanding outwards. A lot has changed in those 50 years. Some people […]
No one knows what the future may hold. Or can they? Today on the podcast, we talk to Brian David Johnson, a futurist. Brian’s business is the future and predicting the future of technology. Weaving together a mix of ethnography, culture, trends, technology, and science, he helps businesses and enterprises forecast what the next decades […]
Building any type of infrastructure is challenging, whether it be a house or a skyscraper. The difficulty is only compounded when you are building in the remote desert, a coastal town recently hit by a hurricane, or even an observatory on a high mountain. In some locations, it is difficult and downright expensive to bring […]
I’m sure you heard about the debate, and you probably have an opinion about it. Should genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, be part of our food supply? Have you ever refused to buy a product because it was labeled “Partially produced with genetic engineering”? What exactly does GM mean? What is the benefit of GMOs […]
It may not seem like it when you glance at your Roomba, but robots are influencing gender roles, family, and even religion. From Rosie to RoboCop, robots and gender have a connection in both science fiction and reality. “Female” robots are often small, with almond shaped eyes and light colors, while “male” robots are burly, with […]
“Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very fast. People living at point C, being a point directly in between, are often given to wonder what’s so great about point A that so many people […]
When we think of geology, we may think of the Grand Canyon. We imagine layers upon layers of geological strata containing rocks that were formed millions or even billions of years ago. But do we ever think about the geological layer that is being laid down today? How will humankind be remembered in the rocks? […]
Can science help us live forever? Or maybe for just a really long time? Death has always been with us, our last big adventure, the giant question mark that ends our lives. Philosophers and religious have tried to understand it. And many people fear it. As long as we can remember, people have searched for […]