Warnings that artificial intelligence could end human civilization have shifted from science fiction to serious academic ...

It's no secret, technology is changing humanity and human society. We don't even know how much technology will come to alter our lives, but we can see that it is happening. We are glued to our phones.

A renowned systems theorist has predicted that human civilization is on the brink of a “giant leap”. This leap could see us ...

When is the end for humankind? Whether it’s by a nuclear holocaust, a result of exceeding a critical climate threshold, at the hands of artificial intelligence-powered robots, or the “Don’t Look Up” ...

Billionaire-pilot Jared Isaacman, who headed a team of independent astronauts that just touched down from an incredible Earth-orbiting demo flight, says he aims to help safeguard human civilization by ...

When most of us find an unwelcome beehive around the house, we see a nuisance that must be destroyed. However, after watching ...

Why it matters: Most discussions surrounding climate change and humanity's environmental impact focus on factors like ice cover and global average temperatures. However, a recently published ...

Key points Civilization requires large-scale, intertribal cooperation, which is based on win-win social interactions. Social interactions in nonhuman primates are zero-sum games, for failure to ...

There's a certain logic to how human civilization operates. Some say it's predetermined by physics, others point to ...

Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central ...

Copper stands at the center of many of humanity’s greatest modern challenges as a critical mineral needed to power renewable energy and electric vehicles. This role is nothing new for copper—for ...