In this article, we covered the lack of evidence for extraterrestrial intelligence. While there are lots of possible reasons why such evidence isn’t forthcoming, the seeming abundance of potentially ...

"Where is everybody?" That famous phrase, uttered over lunch by eminent physicist Enrico Fermi, perfectly encapsulated what has since become known as the Fermi paradox: If life happened here on Earth ...

Rachel Brosnahan's Scrap Paper Pictures will co-produce an Off Broadway limited benefit engagement of The Great Filter for three nights only, July 1-3, 2021. An existential thriller in one act, The ...

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As humans continue to search for life in space, some experts speculate the so-called Great Filter theory lies behind why nobody is responding to our call. Civilisations likely destroy themselves ...

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This article originally appeared in Bitcoin Magazine’s “Moon Issue.” To get a copy, visit our store. Energy money is the catalyst and tip of the spear for an intelligent sentient species’ transition ...

My feeling is that any species sufficiently advanced to attain interstellar travel would rub us out like a pesky rodent infestation, if they even recognized us as equals at all. Click to expand ...

In our quest to understand our place in the cosmos, two important concepts often emerge: the Fermi Paradox and the Drake Equation. The Fermi Paradox underscores a contradiction between the high ...

Bitcoin doesn't just "break all your models." Bitcoin breaks all cycles. This article originally appeared in Bitcoin Magazine's "Moon Issue." To get a copy, visit our store. Energy money is the ...