Future Timeline

Went ahead and voted "never" - given that we're having a difficult enough time settling our most basic issues down here on Earth I'm not terribly optimistic that humans will be able to achieve a landing on Mars, engineering hurdles aside. Even after landing humans on Mars there would be a ...

Humanity has seen tremendous increases in the standard of living thus far, but these increases have been highly stratified globally and also within individual countries - something quite troubling is the inseparable dependence on burning fossil fuels producing carbon dioxide. In that sense, human so...

Hi all,

I'm a Ph.D. student from the United States studying neural engineering. I've used this site for ten years now as a lurker. I'm always glad to see the fresh perspectives offered by everyone here. I thought I'd make an account after all this time so I could contribute.