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到2040年在前沿领域可能出现的3种破坏性风险

由于各种变革性技术前所未有地呈指数增长，整个世界联系日益密切，相互依存度增加。这带来了巨大的好处，但也带来了一些风险。通过努力来应对和减轻这些风险是我们的责任。

3 disruptive frontier risks that could strike by 2040

Our world is becoming increasingly interconnected and interdependent due to the unprecedented exponential growth of various transformative technologies. This carries significant benefits ...

Why agile governance should be human-centred governance

It is no secret that COVID-19 has exacerbated the need for quick decision-making, rapid development and the broad implementation of technology. This period of accelerated technological ad...

Neuroscience, philosophy and what they tell us about human nature

Philosophy of culture has a long history of reifying culture(s) in opposition to nature. This goes a long way back to the Greek Sophists. Hippias, one of the most famous representatives o...

How understanding the five motivators of humankind will help us to improve the world and ourselves

In 1893, at an event in Oxford, biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (and staunch supporter of Darwin’s ideas – support which earned him the nickname “Darwin’s bulldog”) laid out his theory of h...

This is what mind-altering drugs and technology mean for free will 

Are we really free, and responsible for our actions? Or are our choices determined by our environments, our upbringing, our genes, or other factors beyond our control? Debates about free ...

This is what the future holds for the International Space Station

The process of assembling the International Space Station (ISS) started in 1998 and was completed in 2011, with five partners involved: Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States.

What will space exploration look like in the future?

The process of assembling the International Space Station (ISS) started in 1998 and was completed in 2011, with five partners involved: Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States.

Nosotros versus Ellos. La neurofilosofía explica el populismo, el racismo y el extremismo

En los últimos años, la neurociencia ha surgido como una nueva forma de filosofía con implicaciones que van más allá del cuidado de la salud. En momentos de políticas turbulentas y diviso...

Us versus Them. How neurophilosophy explains our divided politics

Neuroscience has emerged as a new form of philosophy in recent years, with implications far beyond healthcare. At a time of divisive and turbulent politics, the study of the way the brain...

The computer chip that thinks it's a tiny human liver

Outside of Hollywood special effects shops, you won’t find living human organs floating in biology labs. Set aside all the technical difficulties with sustaining an organ outside the body...

A brain breakthrough that offers new hope for Parkinson's and depression

Brains—even relatively simple ones like those in mice—are daunting in their complexity. Neuroscientists and psychologists can observe how brains respond to various kinds of stimuli, and t...

What does nanotechnology mean for geopolitics?

What are the ethical implications of emerging tech?

Will biology change what it means to be human?