A rift in thinking about who should control powerful new technologies sent the brothers on diverging paths. For one, the story ended with a mission to bring science to the public.
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As we shape our future we should ask: Which interpretations of classic sci-fi fables hold sway with today’s powerful tech leaders?
One alchemist’s search for a whiz-bang method to produce gold unlocked the central science instead.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been a controversial diagnosis since it was first described, back in the 1940s.
The corporate unicorn was yesterday — now we should consider the wisdom of black and white stripes.
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Memorial day is a time to remember veterans killed in the line of service. These spaceflight heroes deserve to be remembered, too.
In the fight between head and heart, psychologists will win.
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A woman’s name would undermine the credibility of the mission. Names of former Nazis, however, were no problem.
Digital analyses of Enlightenment-era letters are teaching us a thing or two about Locke, Voltaire, and others.
Considering the astronomical occupational risks, life insurance was prohibitively expensive for the first NASA astronauts.
A crowdsourced “final exam” for AI promises to test LLMs like never before. Here’s how the idea, and its implementation, dooms us to fail.
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The true story of the shot that “reverberated through England” when science collided head-on with religion.
A physicist, a psychologist, and a philosopher walk into a bar and discuss a framework for thinking better in the 21st century.
Even with the quantum rules governing the Universe, there are limits to what matter can withstand. Beyond that, black holes are unavoidable.
Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.
Before becoming America’s most infamous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was a magnetic actor who was beloved by audiences and courted by critics.
“The Man in the High Castle” may be the most beloved alternate history book, but it is not the most historically accurate.
A volley of new insights reignites the debate over whether our choices are ever truly our own.
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A history of othering, experimentation, and mystery.
Chess could perhaps be the ultimate window through which we might see how our mental powers shift during our lives.
Take a closer look at the different types of reasoning you use every day.
Because the milk was thin and had an unnatural, bluish tint, vendors stirred in additives such as chalk, flour, eggs, and Plaster-of-Paris.
Far from practicing witchcraft, the experimentation of medieval alchemists helped bring about the Scientific Revolution.
From “Thompson’s violinist” to the “Experience Machine,” these thought experiments will throw your mind for a loop.
