In 1957, Julian Huxley summarized the term transhumanism as “man remaining man, but transcending himself, by realizing new possibilities of and for his human nature”[1]. Transhumanism uses current and ...

The Unveiling of the AbyssThe recent unsealing of the Jeffrey Epstein Court documents has sent shockwaves through the global consciousness, yet to view this event merely as a sensationalist legal scan ...

Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Death Echoes Overlapping” by ...

Developers are now testing a social platform where artificial intelligence systems can argue, post, and refine their views ...

Over 5,000 years ago, in the scorching heart of ancient Mesopotamia, the city of Uruk rose to become the largest and most advanced settlement in the world. Home to nearly 80,000 people, it boasted ...

As humanity moves from short-term space missions toward extended stays beyond Earth—driven by commercial ambitions for lunar ...

Science journalist Adam Becker speaks with DeSmog about how Silicon Valley tech billionaires have invented new forms of ...

Dr. Robin Zeng, Chairman and CEO of CATL, delivered a speech about the future of energy at the World Laureate Summit and the ...

Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares have a new book titled If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us ...

A new pragmatism is infusing the climate debate in the West, driven by voters weary of soaring energy bills and annoyed by ...

While some “unfilmable” novels have been successfully adapted, the books on this list might be too difficult to even attempt.

Erik Matson reflects on John Callanan’s new book about Bernard Mandeville, and the controversial theories that he promoted in ...