The science-fiction author who coined the term metaverse in his 1992 novel “Snow Crash” is going head-to-head with Meta and Microsoft to create an open-source platform for creating virtual worlds. Many developers are still working […]

Saudi Arabia has unveiled designs for a futuristic megastructure in the desert. But it is an idea that has preoccupied the imaginations of architects – and megalomaniacs – for generations. The army of consultants commissioned […]

By Y Combinator’s own track record, most of the companies launched this week won’t go on to become the next billion-dollar company, but they do give a good indication on what the next wave of […]

At its core, and despite its appropriation, Solarpunk imagines a radically different societal and economic structure. Solarpunk took inspiration from the Cyberpunk and Steampunk aesthetics that came before it—take the lush paradises of Studio Ghibli […]

Byron Reese believes that coupling massive processing power with sensors will create a species-level brain and memory. Coupling massive processing power with sensors will create a species-level brain and memory. Instead of being billions of […]

The once-vibrant transhumanist movement doesn’t capture as much attention as it used to, but as an idea it’s far from dead. The internet most certainly gave rise to the vibrant transhumanist subculture, but the emergence […]

In the next decade, an international coalition plans to build a lunar research station to transfrom humanity’s exploration and observation of the Moon. The planning phase is already underway, and it is going well. Construction […]

Oded Galor’s Sapiens – like history of civilisation predicts a happy ending for humanity. But should we trust him? The influence of the “initial conditions” that shape societies’ development is what Oded Galor has been […]

Researchers say they are close to solving the intractable problem of building lunar infrastructure. Beijing researchers say they have developed and tested the technology to build a highway on the moon. “I have often dreamed […]

Asia gets the attention, but the real economic revolution is the inevitable growth of an overlooked continent. When Nigeria has a population of over 300 million its fortunes matter on the global scale. That population […]

Every 10 years, scientists decide which planetary research missions to develop for the next decade. The new Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey, released today, will help identify those future missions. Get ready for more […]

Andreessen Horowitz generally is responsible for a ton of money flowing into Web3, but Chris Dixon is one of the solo decision-makers so is personally are responsible for a lot of it. Chris Dixon leads […]

The UAE’s Mars 2117 program, announced in 2017, claims humans will have liveable environments, and 60,000-strong colonies, on Mars within the century. “If we are going to dream about Mars, let’s not have a mediocre […]

If Russia disconnects from — or is booted from — the internet’s governing bodies, the internet may never be the same again for any of us. Facebook has been blocked entirely by Russian authorities, while […]

Werner Herzog talks about Last Exit: Space, a new documentary on Discovery+ that explores the possibility of humans colonizing planets beyond Earth. Since it is produced and narrated by Werner Herzog (director of Grizzly Man, […]

We turned to some of the visionaries and innovators who normally help us see deeply into the future and asked them to make some predictions about the coming months months. Our question was simple: What […]

Starship is threatening NASA’s moon contractors, which are watching its progress with a mix of awe and horror. Elon Musk is planning yet again to rocket beyond the status quo. And if he succeeds, the […]

The Space Elevator has been a dream of scientists for centuries. A new design may finally make it a reality — at least, by the next century. It’s hard to summon the will to build […]

A manifesto against the metaverse and toward a “pluriverse” of “open digital spaces of collective autonomy and shared ownership”. We gather to build these alternatives, to challenge the monoverse, and reach towards brighter technological futures: […]

The journey to Game B is a story about the relationship between humanity, technology and Nature. We’re gaining the power of gods, but without the love, wisdom and discernment of gods—that is a self-extinctionary scenario. […]

The founder of Amazon has reportedly made an investment in a biotech startup focused on “cellular rejuvenation programming to restore cell health and resilience, with the goal of reversing disease to transform medicine,” With $3 […]

In October, an international cohort of thinkers beamed into the virtual 2021 conference of the Mars Society, which has advocated colonizing the planet since 1998. In an age of low-cost rocket launches and Shatner space […]

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and a range of panelists gathered to address the “Final Frontier,” and humankind’s search for the unexplained. The event, titled “Our Future in Space” and presented by The Paul […]

The modern web is best thought of as an adversary. Every nanosecond we spend on it, it’s sizing us up in order to do things to us that will benefit it at our expense. The […]

Faster than any of us can imagine, we will become thoroughly dependent on the virtual layers of information projected all around us. It will feel no more optional than internet access feels optional today. You […]

It is extremely difficult to create a desirable future without first envisioning it. To imagine is really the first step in creating anything. Therefore an essential chore for making a future we want to live […]

Pundit predictions of China’s demise are the latest self-consoling illusions of a lazy elite who can’t see the AI writing on the wall. A generation from now, the Chinese won’t remember the misery of Ant […]

Facebook wants people to think it is a responsible platform owner. Facebook has announced a $50 million fund that it says will help it develop the metaverse more responsibly. It’s officially called the XR Programs […]

Holden Karnofsky argues that it’s “wild” to think we’re assured of never spreading throughout the galaxy, but also that it’s “wild” to think that we have a decent chance of spreading throughout the galaxy. In […]

The National Natural Science Foundation of China has called on scientists to join a five-year project to study the mechanics of an “ultra-large spacecraft spanning kilometres”. “[Such a spacecraft] is a major strategic aerospace equipment […]