Why do we spend so much money on Space when there are so many causes that need money down here?    Shouldn’t Earth come first? This is an of...

  What will the cities of the future look like?    Flying drones everywhere?    Tunnels underground?    A dome over every city? Will the cit...

What do you think is the next big change that will push humanity in a different direction?    Something so important that people will look b...

In the darkest part of the year, at the start of a new one, we need to ask what will bring hope to the world.    Hope means something differ...

  What are your predictions, hopes, and fears, for 2023 and beyond? Will we see asteroid mining, a moon base, people on Mars?    Worldwide d...

If you were living there, on Star Date 29941426, would you celebrate Earthly events?    It would be difficult to celebrate a midwinter feast...

There are technologies that disappear simply because the next technology is better.  But some technologies had a big promise but never...

If we assume there is no other life in the universe, should we humans try religiously to ‘seed’ the universe with life?  Would tha...

The voices that say a collapse is imminent are getting louder and louder.  Even the most serious hotshots in the world markets are s...

So much damage has been done to the planet.  Deforestation, seas filled with plastic, acid rain.  This week we will be talking about th...

On the one hand, we are all healthier than we were and living longer.  The number of people in severe poverty decreases all the time. ...

The paperclip maximizer is an AI that makes paperclips and never stops making them.  Its existence, or possible existence, presents u...

Reaching level 1 on the Kardashev scale means storing and using all the energy that the earth gets from the sun.  We will reach thi...

Would you like to hitch a ride on Oumuamua, the extra-solar traveller that stayed here for a short time?  Do you support Comet Intercep...

This week is the 10-year anniversary of the invention of Bitcoin.  Let’s take this opportunity to explore what bitcoin and other cryp...

Which science books, science websites or science youtube channels are your favourites?  And why?  This week we will be talking about the ...

Do you think it will ever be possible to copy the pattern of neurons in a person’s brain and then upload that information to a computer s...

Do you think it will ever be possible to copy the pattern of neurons in a person’s brain and then upload that information to a computer s...

Most people know that they live in a world where speech and images are censored, on television, in films, on social media.  There are som...

It is already possible to visit the International Space Station as a tourist.  When there are several giant space stations just a 10 minu...