Exploring the Great Mysteries of Consciousness and Free Will With Annaka Harris. For thousands of years, humankind has been plagued by to two essential questions: Why do I have this unique voice inside my head? And am I in control of it or am I simply a p

Scientists Just Released a New Playbook for Engineering Longer, Healthier Lives. It's hard to pinpoint the exact moment anti-aging research morphed from quackery to an established science. Some say it's 1939, when an experiment that restricted calories in

Microsoft Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI's Mission to Build Artificial General Intelligence. Since its inception in 2015, OpenAI has been chasing the lofty goal of developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) for the benefit of all. But it turns out tha

First Human CRISPR Trial in the US Aims to Cure Inherited Blindness. Gene editing is advancing at a faster pace than most of us can keep up with. One significant recent announcement was gene editing tool CRISPR's application to non-genetic diseases thanks

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Brain-Machine Interfaces Are Getting Better and Better--and Neuralink's New Brain Implant Pushes the Pace. Elon Musk grabbed a lot of attention with his July 16 announcement that his company Neuralink plans to implant electrodes into the brains of people

Introducing Singularity University Radio: The Home for SU Podcasts. In this gig-economy age of entrepreneurs and full-time hustlers, podcasts have become a signature way to stay up-to-date, inspired, and educated while on the move. Whether you're at home

Five Ways Buildings of the Future Will Use Biotech to Become Living Things. What if our homes were alive? I don't mean smart homes with the disembodied voice of Alexa deciding the setting for your living room spotlights. I mean actually alive--growing, li

Editing RNA Expands CRISPR's Use Far Beyond Genetic Diseases. CRISPR advances have been coming so frequently that it's hard to keep track. In just a few years, it's evolved from a nifty genome word editor to a full-on biological Swiss army knife. There's

How Scientists Used Light to Incept Sensations and Memories in Mice. Last week, Elon Musk's mysterious Neuralink finally revealed their master plan after two years of silence: to build high bandwidth, immune resistant, thread-like brain-machine interfaces