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Rivals may try to outnumber us with fleets of cheap vessels. Our path is to out-innovate them.

It’s time to write the human genome, argues microbiologist Andrew Hessel.

From Hitler to Hamas, Western powers have repeatedly dismissed open threats as bluffs — with catastrophic results.

Bold megaprojects could turn dry depressions into thriving new hubs of life.

“Think of it like a transcontinental railroad — not the fastest way to move a lot of mass, but certainly the most efficient,” Jared Isaacman said about nuclear electric propulsion.

“The rise of the internet brought about similar fears, yet it ultimately made learning richer and more accessible.”

Trump may make America great again — just not in the way he had intended.

“The evolution of digital media makes stricter regulation of online behavior not only feasible but inevitable,” writes media ecologist Andrey Mir.

We will believe in AGI when it calls on Facetime.

Elitism has come under fire since the recent wave of populist politics. But when we don’t listen to experts, we end up listening to politicians’ lies, says Richard Dawkins.

Renowned linguist and public intellectual MIT Professor Noam Chomsky offers his take on the Trump administration and its troubles with Russia.