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futurology

Humans

We need to act now to give future generations a better world

A dystopian future isn't inevitable. By prioritising the needs of our children and grandchildren today, we can give them a world without poverty, discrimination and so many other evils, says William MacAskill

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Technology

Tech companies don鈥檛 get science fiction 鈥� and that’s deeply troubling

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Humans

Brave New Planet review: A guide to future tech鈥檚 moral dilemmas

Culture

Humans

Notes from an Apocalypse review: A lively romp through the end of days

Culture

Environment

Technology鈥檚 future isn鈥檛 gleaming, it鈥檚 dirty and biological

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Technology

Elon Musk’s plans for mind-controlled gadgets: what we know so far

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He Jiankui says two babies have been born as part of his CRISPR experiment

Health

World鈥檚 first gene-edited babies announced by a scientist in China

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Health

Evading death and mind-uploading: The ambition of transhumanism

Culture
Jennifer Doudna

Health

Unicorns and designer babies: How CRISPR creator sees the future

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Humans

Build an AI god? Beware the downsides of this weird tech plan

What pitfalls or rewards might await the Silicon Valley whiz kid apparently intent on creating a benign superintelligent digital deity, wonders Jamais Cascio

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Humans

Who do we think we are?

Culture

Space

The bandwidth black hole that will kill Elon Musk鈥檚 Mars dream

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Technology

How Moore鈥檚 microchip law is still shaping our world

Culture

Life

The world in 2076: Machines outsmart us but we’re still on top

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