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Billionaires have carbon footprints hundreds of times higher than the average American. Two scholars tried to put a number on it.
There could be a reckoning coming with global regulators.
Tesla is now valued at more than Toyota, Volkswagen, Daimler, General Motors, BMW, Honda, Hyundai and Ford combined. But don't expect that to last.
You might be surprised to find yourself in the company of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the world's richest 1%. This has big implications for planetary survival.
Over the coming decade, the arrival of constellations of small satellites will reshape the space industry. It constitutes a paradigm shift, particularly in terms of data gathering and processing.
What world will tech billionaires move us towards if they believe that humans are fundamentally dangerous?
The most interesting thing is how free Gertrude is to move around while the implanted chip collects the data.
What if the being responsible for creating our world wasn’t God, but some far lesser, far more fallible being like a scientist or video game designer?
As state and local governments lure businesses to their shores with financial incentives, a recent study finds that two forms of stimulus spur growth more than others.
When it comes to commercial space tourism, suborbital flight are the first frontier. But what are the risks? Are there health requirements? What should you know before taking such a way-out trip?
NASA's new Artemis Accords will clearly test international treaties governing the extraction of resources and bans on territorial claims.
By 2025 Elon Musk wants to launch 12,000 satellites and corner the global Internet market. What will be lost is earth-based astronomy, the idea that space belongs to us all and the beauty of a starry sky.
SpaceX's launch of astronauts to the International Space Station will make it the first private company to launch humans to space. The effort has ramifications for NASA and spaceflight in general.
Understanding the distinction between bullshit and lying is essential. We can reveal a lie by uncovering the truth, but dealing effectively with bullshit is more complicated.
Elon Musk's latest venture has been met with confusion and ridicule. But drawing inspiration from science fiction for new technology should go beyond simplistic futurist fantasies.
One of the questions I’m asked most frequently is: how can you make sense of Tesla’s wild strategies?
Musk's plans have potentially dire consequences for alien life, astronauts and the environment.
Facebook and Neuralink are developing interfaces to link our brains to computers, with serious ethical issues.
BMIs like the ones Neuralink is working on are already used in laboratories around the world as assistive technologies. But melding your mind with an AI is probably not happening anytime soon.
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Associate Dean, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University
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Professor, College of Business, Zayed University
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University
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Professeur associé d’analyse financière, d’audit et de risk management - Directrice de Programme pour le MSc in Fashion Design & Luxury Management- Responsable de la spécialisation MBA "Brand & Luxury Management", Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, Data61
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Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University
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