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Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It

1 de fev. de 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?

23 de fev. de 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

30 de mar. de 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?

13 de abr. de 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

4 de mai. de 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

8 de jun. de 201712 min★ 8.1

Automation in the Information Age is different.

Optimistic Nihilism

26 de jul. de 20176 min★ 8.5

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

10 de ago. de 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

24 de ago. de 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?

7 de set. de 20176 min★ 7.7

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

Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument

21 de set. de 20179 min★ 7.4

How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome

5 de out. de 20178 min★ 8.0

What happens when microbes talk to your brain?

Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?

20 de out. de 20177 min★ 6.1

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

How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?

3 de nov. de 20177 min★ 7.7

What if we could stop aging forever?

Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together

16 de nov. de 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?

7 de dez. de 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)

21 de dez. de 20177 min★ 7.5

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

8 min★ 7.6