It is probably wise to take Thiel’s idea of an end to aging (or at least its radical postponement) seriously. It does not seem that long ago that the Beatles could plausibly portray geriatri... Read more
It’s likely the world in the not-so-distant future will be increasingly populated by computerized people like Amal Graafstra. The 37-year-old doesn’t need a key or password to ge... Read more
Kira Radinsky has written an algorithm that dissects old news stories and other Internet postings to look for past cause and effect, and then can alert us to possible disasters, geopolitical... Read more
CONDOLEEZZA RICE trained to be a concert pianist. Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, was a professional clarinet and saxophone player. The hedge fund billionaire Bruce K... Read more
Last February, Astro Teller, the director of Google’s (GOOG) secretive research lab, Google X, went to seek approval from Chief Executive Officer Larry Page for an unlikely acquisition. Tell... Read more
Space exploration and natural resources Planetary Resources, a new player in the commercial space industry, is backed by a host of tech and aerospace luminaries with an integrated personal n... Read more
Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google’s Sergey Brin Sergey Brin says he and Google co-founder Larry Page would not have been able to create their search giant if the int... Read more
ON a Tuesday evening this spring, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, became part man and part machine. About 40 people, all gathered here at a NASA campus for a nine-day, $15,000 course... Read more