"The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence… silence gives us a new perspective." –Mother Teresa
When I think about plants, chatterbox isn’t the...
Here in L.A., it’s kind of insane that a great kindergarten requires a competitive application and tuitions that exceed most colleges.
I started asking myself,...
Have you noticed how bizarre social media and the news cycle has been lately?
In the age of digital media, journalism is changing significantly. Widely...
They’re often featured as James Bond villains — super-rich megalomaniacs who pour their infinite resources into sophisticated doomsday devices, private rockets for last-minute escapes,...
Google has built machine learning systems that can create their own cryptographic algorithms — the latest success for AI’s use in cybersecurity. But what...
The human brain is a biological wonder with considerable skills. Regeneration, unfortunately, isn’t one of them.
Save for one tiny V-shaped region within the hippocampus,...
Eradicating diseases, mastering flight, near-instant global communication, going to the moon—humans have developed a taste for making the impossible possible.
Though we still face a...
Imagine one day walking into a gorgeous structure—like LA's famous Walt Disney Concert Hall—only to discover it was designed by a computer system and constructed by automated robotic arms.
Ai...
Ever wanted your own self-driving car? You can buy one today—but it may be a while until it officially becomes your personal chauffeur.
Tesla recently...
Cosmologists are evaluating the proof behind gravitational waves, journalists are investigating how to understand "truth" in the era of information overload, and roboticists are building crash-proof drones equipped with roll...
What do the Oral-B CrossAction toothbrush, about a thousand musical compositions and even a few recent food recipes all have in common?
They were invented...
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, recently announced a $3 billion effort to cure all disease during the lifetime of their daughter, Max....
Discussion of artificial intelligence has skyrocketed since the end of the last decade, according to a new analysis looking at public perception of the...
The development of innovative technology — from virtual reality headsets to space exploration to solar-powered roadways — is no longer the province of companies...
Last month, a team of British scientists successfully made healthy, fertile mice from pseudo-egg cells that resembled fertilized embryos. The story made waves: compared...
Exponential growth in technology will disrupt entire industries and create new ones. It will revolutionize the workforce as we know it. Many experts are...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Conscious Exotica
Murray Shanahan | Aeon
"In what follows I attempt to... the structure of the space of possible minds, in two dimensions: the...
Why blow billions of dollars on space exploration when billions of people are living in poverty here on Earth?
You’ve likely heard the justifications. The...
Since the factory days of the Industrial Revolution, the apparel business has built up a planet-spanning supply chain with an enormous global footprint. Today,...
This week in San Diego, Singularity University hosted its annual Exponential Medicine conference. The conference aims to connect the dots between healthcare disciplines and...
Recently, I wrote about how the future of surgery is going to be robotic, data-driven and artificially intelligent.
Although it’s approaching fast, that future is...
How might cancer detection, treatment, and prevention change if cancer could be diagnosed by peeing in a cup?
According to Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia, about two-thirds...
Every week, Singularity University’s YouTube channel debuts a new episode of Ask an Expert, a Twitter-sourced Q&A with experts answering questions about everything from living forever to the...
