An artificial, shell-less egg seeks to solve the “chicken or egg” debate, and could have big implications on animal ...

Research shows that some baby names are being used so infrequently now that they have a pretty good chance of disappearing ...

The veteran writer and producer talks about AI’s uneasy arrival in Hollywood and the enduring appeal of the sitcom format.

Tech culture has made contempt for humanity feel enlightened. We can do better.

Nick Bostrom is famed for developing simulation theory. Now he's turning his attention to AI -- and risk to humankind.

A stunning fossil discovery in Ethiopia shows that early Homo and a previously unknown Australopithecus species lived together around 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago. The find overturns the classic ...

A growing faction on the Croisette is making the case that technology should serve the artist — not replace them.

Nuclear war is much more unpredictable than asteroids, but, unlike the dinosaurs of 66 million years ago, humans can avoid ...

Defeating a sclerotic rump of a party is no achievement. Instead, one-party rule enables corruption. It fosters stagnation.

An ortolan is a small, endangered European songbird that, like the dodo, eaten by man. Where one can understand that ...

Damien Charlotin is a senior research fellow at HEC Paris and the author of the Substack “Artificial Authority.” ...