2017

Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It

Feb 1, 20177 min★ 8.2

We are trapped on Earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe...

Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious?

Feb 23, 20177 min★ 7.8

What shall we do once machines become conscious? Do we need to grant them rights?

Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food

Mar 30, 20179 min★ 7.9

Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded?

Is the European Union Worth It or Should We End It?

Apr 13, 20178 min★ 7.0

Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways?

The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness — White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs

May 4, 20177 min★ 8.1

Everything will end. Even the universe. But in a future so far away that it defies description, there will still be light and therefore a chance for life. It will be around white dwarfs, the corpses of stars. But even they will fade one day...

The Rise of the Machines — Why Automation Is Different This Time

Jun 8, 201712 min★ 8.1

Automation in the Information Age is different.

Optimistic Nihilism

Jul 26, 20176 min★ 8.5

What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? (The Size of Life #1)

Aug 10, 20177 min★ 7.7

Size is the most under appreciated regulator of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings.

Why Black Holes Could Delete the Universe — The Information Paradox

Aug 24, 201710 min★ 8.3

Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us.

What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?

Sep 7, 20176 min★ 7.7

What happens if we bring the sun to earth? No, seriously.

Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument

Sep 21, 20179 min★ 7.4

How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome

Oct 5, 20178 min★ 8.0

What happens when microbes talk to your brain?

Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?

Oct 20, 20177 min★ 6.1

If you could decide today... how long do you want to live?

How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?

Nov 3, 20177 min★ 7.7

What if we could stop aging forever?

Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together

Nov 16, 20178 min★ 8.0

How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence?

Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?

Dec 7, 201710 min★ 8.0

What is UBI? How would free money change our lives.

How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2)

Dec 21, 20177 min★ 7.5

How to Make an Elephant Explode with Science - The Size of Life 2

8 min★ 7.6