A countdown of 10 upcoming moon missions, all leading up to the one expected to return NASA astronauts to the lunar surface. | Continue reading
The Techno-Humanist Manifesto How humanity transformed its fate From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity's journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency. Jason Crawford Life was dirty, difficult, and dangerous for almost … | Continue reading
From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity's journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency. | Continue reading
SecureAVR, also known as the “Motor Voter of the 21st Century,” makes registering to vote seamless and secure at the DMV. With millions more potential voters, here’s how this system could enhance democracy across the country. | Continue reading
One-third of the world still isn't online. Here's how the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is working to close the digital divide. | Continue reading
We’re tracing the internet’s evolution from its commercial roots as a dial-up service to its current status as a near-global necessity with transformational power. | Continue reading
Freethink spoke to The Onion staffers about parodying news from the print era into the digital age. | Continue reading
In "Read, Write, Own: Building The Next Era of the Internet," investor Chris Dixon explains why the biggest trends often go overlooked. | Continue reading
In this op-ed, columnist Rikki Schlott draws from personal experience to argue that a digital childhood is a childhood squandered. | Continue reading
Freethink spoke with Masad about the future of software development, the outsized power of Silicon Valley, and the absurdity of the AI extinction theory. | Continue reading
Was Elon Musk any good at Quake? “He’s a legit gamer,” but… | Continue reading
Experts disagree on whether social media causes mental health issues in adolescents despite looking at the same data. Here's why. | Continue reading
Rumors of the metaverse’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. | Continue reading
Cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier argues the problem isn’t that people are too gullible but too stubborn. | Continue reading
Can the government tell private websites what they have to publish? | Continue reading
This new automatic voter registration (AVR) system can enhance voting accuracy, reduce fraud, and give more people access to democracy. Here’s how it works. If the unregistered eligible voter population […] | Continue reading
9 minutes of cruel history may cure the anti-progress delusion. | Continue reading
While smartphones keep getting more powerful, the growing dumbphone phenomenon is subverting expectations. | Continue reading
By measuring many different body metrics, smart health devices can help support the mental game as much as the physical fitness gains. | Continue reading
AIs that generate answers to user queries could transform search, but only if someone can get the tech and the business model right. | Continue reading
The race to build the first space factory is on — and this team is beating everyone to the finish line. | Continue reading
The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency. | Continue reading
Silicon Valley is warming to the Department of Defense as it works to get new AI systems developed and deployed en masse. | Continue reading
A breakdown of SpaceX's Starship, Boeing's Starliner, and what they mean for the future of space exploration at NASA. | Continue reading
Life expectancy gains in developed countries have slowed in recent decades, but AI may be poised to transform medicine as we know it. | Continue reading
Smart glasses that combine personal computing, AI, and augmented reality could be the next life-changing consumer tech device. Here's how. | Continue reading
The US has some of the best solar and wind energy in the world. Now there’s a cheap, zero-emissions way to store it. | Continue reading
Microsoft made parallel bets to make sure they held their OS lead. They'll do the same for AI — will it work? | Continue reading
A world without hunger is possible, and the development and deployment of new farming technologies could be one key to manifesting it. | Continue reading
Whether the video-sharing app TikTok is banned or not, it will continue to add fuel to the fiery debate on freedom of speech. | Continue reading
Should social media platforms have the right to decide what speech is permitted? Should the government? | Continue reading
Cities and schools once actually arrested students for carrying this dangerous technology. | Continue reading
A quick look at the history of solar power in the US and the trends that could lead us into our sun-powered future. | Continue reading
Tesla made a bold move ahead of its robotaxi launch, completely overhauling the code for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software. | Continue reading
It takes years to fix a complex fighter jet. Machina Labs' robo-factory could do it at the click of a button. | Continue reading
Air taxi services could launch soon, but only if regulators and developers can make operating eVTOLs appealing to prospective pilots. | Continue reading
Google DeepMind's AlphaFold 3 could be the future of drug discovery — and the journey to its creation started more than a century ago. | Continue reading
Freethink’s weekly breakdown of the biggest space news, featuring NASA's efforts to protect astronauts from intense solar storms. | Continue reading
We asked an experimental filmmaker, an MIT economist, and an AI startup executive how generative AIs could impact the world of filmmaking. | Continue reading
People taking GLP-1 agonists are losing too much muscle, but these drugs designed to prevent muscle loss could solve the problem. | Continue reading
This slime is non-toxic, 100% biodegradable, and fights fires with 10x the strength of water. Here’s how it’s revolutionizing firefighting. | Continue reading
Maps say these places don’t exist, but that’s not true. Millions of people live in unmapped regions around the globe. Here’s why it’s critically important that we help close map data gaps. | Continue reading
A breakdown of the five biggest threats to future Mars astronauts and what NASA scientists are doing to overcome each one. | Continue reading
There will be a moment, coming soon, when AI makes the leap from tool to entity. | Continue reading
Technologies like hydrogen-based direct reduction of ore, electrolysis, and advanced furnace technologies could reduce steel emissions. | Continue reading
Researchers spent two weeks at the Mars Desert Research Station conducting an analog mission for potential future trips to Mars. | Continue reading
Evidence is mounting that GLP-1 agonists could treat many health issues — including ones that aren’t obviously related to weight. | Continue reading
If this ambitious NASA mission unraveled, scientists would lose their chance to learn much more about the red planet. | Continue reading