Neuroscientist David Eagleman is director for the Laboratory of Perception and Action at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and author of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. David Eagleman may be ...

University of Hawai'i Professor Terry Hunt is the co-author of The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the mystery of Easter Island, and is conducting archaeological research on Rapa Nui. Was it ecocide?

Frank Ostaseski is a Buddhist teacher, lecturer, and author focusing on contemplative end-of-life care. His book is The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. It’s a ...

Technology acceleration is like what happens approaching the singularity in the center of a black hole--- everything is transformed utterly and unpredictably. That metaphor was invented by science ...

One day when I was having lunch with Richard Feynman, I mentioned to him that I was planning to start a company to build a parallel computer with a million processors. His reaction was unequivocal, ...

Frank Fukuyama's 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man had profound and lasting impact with its declaration that science and technology, the growing global economy, and liberal democracy are ...

Since the mid-01980s Kevin Kelly has been creating, and reporting on, the digital future. His focus is the long-term trends and social consequences of technology. Kelly’s new book, THE INEVITABLE: ...

Eric Cline is professor of ancient history and archaeology at George Washington University and Director of the GWU Capitol Archaeological Institute. He is author or editor of 16 books, including ...

Steven Pinker changes the world twice in his new book, THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE: Why Violence Has Declined. First, he presents exhaustive evidence that the tragic view of history is wrong and ...

Laser physicist Ed Moses runs the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he has worked since 01980. Finally achieving fusion energy may be closer than everyone ...

Lazar Kunstmann is part of the Untergunther, a clandestine group with a mission to restore the neglected heritage in Paris. There is at least as much underneath Paris as there is above it. The ...

Phil Tetlock is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Mitchell Chair in Leadership at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. His most recent books are Expert Political Judgement (How Good Is It?