Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It
Human intelligence may be just a brief phase before machines take over. That may answer where the aliens are hiding
Human intelligence may be just a brief phase before machines take over. That may answer where the aliens are hiding
Frontotemporal dementia can release the creative potential of the brain’s visual areas
Presidential contender Ron DeSantis has used governmental power in Florida to restrict access to health and education, promoting an intolerant and harmful agenda
Artificial intelligence algorithms will soon reach a point of rapid self-improvement that threatens our ability to control them and poses great potential risk to humanity
Is generative AI bad for the environment? A computer scientist explains the carbon footprint of ChatGPT and its cousins—and how to reduce it
As with climate change, adverse changes in democratic practices require societal adaptation to avoid the worst scenarios
After reading a Scientific American editorial on sleep and school start times, students and their teacher wrote to the editors about their experiences. Their district listened, and school will start later next year...
Cell-phone towers leak radio waves into space, but they’ll be tough for aliens to detect
World Biodiversity Day reminds us that the profound crises we confront are just different sides of the same coin
The U.S. should implement the same reforms to its high court that it has called for in other nations, a judicial reform scholar suggests
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