Exploring Possibilities

Whales, Rats, Salamanders, and Immortality

Phil and Stephen discuss three animals who might well show us how to live longer and healthier lives. Secrets of these 200-year-old whales who avoid cancer Why the bowhead whale lives 200 years and rarely […]

Accelerating Tech

Friday Grab Bag

Future news from a variety of angles. What ties them together? You decide. Scientists reverse genetic aging, memory decline in rats They injected rats with viral vectors that expressed FKBP1b, causing a rise in overall […]

Accelerating Tech

The Big Transition

Our economy is in the early stages of a major transition. For some time, automation has been pushing people out of the business of producing stuff (machines do it better, by and large). More recently, […]

Accelerating Tech

It’s Happening  

Phil and Stephen discuss a number of future developments that they have been predicting for years that now appear to be coming true.   Biotech boss backing gene therapy to solve ageing crisis seeks injection […]

Exploring Possibilities

Weird Tubes on Mars!

Okay, so maybe there is nothing to the recent observation that a Pathfinder photo of a Martian rock has strange tube-like structures that could be fossils. But one of these days, one of these stories […]

Exploring Possibilities

No So Bad After All

Phil and Stephen continue their discussion of whether things are getting worse or better — this time looking at evidence that matters are improving. News stories discussed include: Ray Kurzweil: What Is the Future of […]

Podcasts

Are Things Getting Worse?

Phil and Stephen discuss evidence that things might not be improving as quickly as we would like. And why we might tend to see things as getting worse even if that’s not the case. The […]

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Cities with Force Fields (and Other Predictions)

Phil, Stephen, and special guest Thomas Frey conclude their 3-part celebration of the 700th edition of the World Transformed. (Here’s Part 1. Here’s Part 2.) In Part 3, Phil, Stephen, and Thomas make predictions covering […]

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The Death of Banks (and Other Predictions)

Phil, Stephen, and special guest Thomas Frey continue their 3-part celebration of the 700th edition of the World Transformed. (Here’s Part 1.) In part 2, the guys discuss predictions for the next 20 years. Are […]

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The President of Mars (and Other Predictions)

Futurist Thomas Frey joins Phil and Stephen for a 3-part celebration of the 700th edition of the World Transformed. (Plus a belated celebration of the show’s tenth anniversary!) In part 1, the guys discuss predictions […]

Entertainment

2017 The Year In Geek

Phil and Stephen review a year’s worth of geekouts to compile their ultimate list of geeky goodness from the year 2017. Topics discussed include: Game of Thrones Season 7 Blade Runner 2049 All These Worlds […]

Fast Forward

The Elephant in the Brain

Why do we do the things we do? We like to think we have good reasons for the choices we make, but we may very well be fooling ourselves. In their intriguing new book, The […]