Humanity has always lived with risk, but for most of history those dangers were local, temporary, and survivable. What has changed is that our technology, our numbers, and our impact on the planet now ...

Warnings that humanity is heading toward its own disappearance have shifted from the fringes of science fiction into mainstream research and public debate. Instead of vague prophecies, scientists now ...

Pandemics and nuclear war are real, tangible concerns, more so than AI doom, at least to me, a scientist at the RAND Corporation. We do all kinds of research on national security issues and might be ...

My fellow pro-growth Up Wingers, I just ran across a new academic paper that serves as a good reminder: Despite all the calm, cautious talk from AI worriers about “pauses, “ “safety,” “governance,” ...

My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers, OK, here it is: Advanced AI might destroy the world. Let’s just put that out there. It probably won’t happen, of course. Still, experts and ...

Simulations suggest Neanderthals were on the brink of extinction by the time our ancestors arrived on the Iberian Peninsula.

CNN — Almost a third of the Earth will need to be protected by 2030 and pollution cut by half to save our remaining wildlife, as we enter the planet's sixth era of mass extinction, according to a ...