In the '80s, the image of the Earth floating in the vacuum of space acted as a collective wake-up call: this is our planet, where we live. But beyond this awareness, true collective consciousness on a ...

For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable result of a series of unlikely evolutionary leaps. But new research by ...

What if Earth itself became conscious? Not in some distant future, but soon, with a planetary brain powered by artificial intelligence. This is the provocative idea presented by Topher McDougal in his ...