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 ...

As humanity progresses through time, there’s a growing curiosity about how much longer we have on this planet. While we continue to make strides in technology, science, and society, could our ...

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Humanity has never been short on predictions of apocalyptic events, from plagues to asteroid impacts. Most doomsday scenarios hinge on an analysis of physical threats or indicators of societal ...

In a $30 million mansion perched on a cliff overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, a group of AI researchers, philosophers, and technologists gathered to discuss the end of humanity. The Sunday afternoon ...

Civilization outlasts humanity in the new sci-fi drama “Pluribus.” On the night that the world as we know it is destroyed, a novelist named Carol Sturka (played by Rhea Seehorn) sees cars and planes ...

Mark Zuckerberg thinks artificial intelligence will have a huge impact on society, despite the risk that it will end humanity, according to experts, RadarOnline.com can reveal. The 41-year-old ...

Some reap what others sow Globally, compound hot-dry extremes may strike nearly 10 times per year on average by the end of the century, with the longest lasting around 15 days—increases of 2.4 and 2.7 ...