Life Beyond Earth and Manipulation of SpacetimeIn an interview last night, I was asked two scientific questions.1d ago21d ago2
The Impact of AI on the Human BrainIn a recent WORLD.MINDS forum led by the brilliant Rolf Dobelli, I had asked the creative MIT professor Daniela Rus: “As of now, our main…2d ago112d ago11
Figuring Out What Lies Outside the Solar System is the Day Job of Astronomers, not Government…Why should Government officials be the ones who are tasked with telling us what lies outside the Solar system? After all, this is the job…3d ago73d ago7
Generation AIToday’s infants constitute the first generation of humans who will live their entire life under the shadow of artificial intelligence (AI)…4d ago94d ago9
Nurseries of BrillianceOn February 1, 1993, about 32 years ago, I arrived on my first day as a junior faculty member to my new office at Harvard University. A…6d ago66d ago6
Interstellar PassoverIt is conceivable that the Earth-mass planet Proxima b, which lies in the habitable zone of the nearest star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri…Apr 1111Apr 1111
The Virtues of Doing Instead of TalkingArt Wright served as the “party chief” on our expedition to the Pacific Ocean, in search of fragments from the crash site of the first…Apr 93Apr 93
To Bounce or not to Bounce, that is the Question!During yesterday’s colloquium at Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative for which I served as the founding director, the brilliant Karim Thebault…Apr 86Apr 86
Cosmic Russian Roulette: Death by Dark EnergyThe alarming news from the recent DESI data on the expansion of the Universe is that the energy density of the vacuum might not have been…Apr 612Apr 612
Gravitational SETIOne of the most exciting breakthroughs in astronomy over the past decade was the detection of gravitational waves. Since the days of…Apr 510Apr 510
