Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

Would you depart Earth forever aware that before your ship actually arrived at its destination, faster ships sent centuries afterward could have arrived first? That is the problem at the center of the public's highly polarized response to the proposal of a 400-year, one-way trip to Alpha Centauri. 1. Public...

Who's claiming the 1970s consisted of gas rationing and disco? For a short, rage-filled flash, Detroit was in overdrive, cranking out machines that prioritized horses over sense. These weren't automobiles these were declarations, rolling tributes to engineering hubris before regulations and oil embargoes brought the company back to normal. At...

What if the universe, including all its galaxies, black holes, and human soap operas, is just a very sophisticated computer program? For Elon Musk, this is no mere speculation but a serious consideration one that he has publicly given at "one in billions" odds against being in base reality....