3/7/22Will There Ever Be a 'Cure' for Addiction?"I don’t think so, no... That said, there are currently new approaches being tested."ByDaniel KolitzPublishedMarch 7, 2022
2/28/22What Do Animals Dream About?"But basically all mammals—rats, dogs, cats—also have REM sleep. And it’s during REM sleep that we take experience…ByDaniel KolitzPublishedFebruary 28, 2022
2/21/22What's the Most Dangerous Emerging Technology?"What could go wrong? Soon we will be able to write any virus genome from scratch."ByDaniel KolitzPublishedFebruary 21, 2022
1/3/22Can You Really Tell the Difference Between 4K and 8K?"We would need to get right up close to the TV (quite an unnatural thing to do) to tell apart a 4K screen from an 8K…ByDaniel KolitzPublishedJanuary 3, 2022
12/28/21Will Nuclear Fusion Ever Power the World?"The running joke in fusion is that, every year for the last 50 years, it’s been 50 years away. But this time, I…ByDaniel KolitzPublishedDecember 28, 2021
12/20/21What's the Oldest Sport?"The oldest sports—using that term loosely—would likely concern training for war or ritualized leisure activities…ByDaniel KolitzPublishedDecember 20, 2021
12/6/21What Will Smartphones Be Like in 10 years?"The future of the smartphone—or connection device(s)—will likely rely on more deeply engaging us sensorially as…ByDaniel KolitzPublishedDecember 6, 2021
11/29/21Can Technology Enhance Your Taste Buds?"The real question is: why would you want to do that?"ByDaniel KolitzPublishedNovember 29, 2021
11/22/21Which Animal Species Get Along the Best?"It is clear that some animals become familiar and get along with group members that happen to be other species, but…ByDaniel KolitzPublishedNovember 22, 2021
11/8/21Could We Ever Stop a Hurricane in Its Tracks?"These days, hurricane modification is considered almost a kind of fringe science. But that wasn’t always the case."ByDaniel KolitzPublishedNovember 8, 2021
10/25/21Why Do So Many People Believe in Miracle Cures?"People may believe in miracle cures in part because doing so helps to fulfill powerful psychological needs."ByDaniel KolitzPublishedOctober 25, 2021
10/18/21When Will Force Shields Be Real?"...a personal field ... as portrayed in many science fiction movies and comic books, that is invisible to the naked…ByDaniel KolitzPublishedOctober 18, 2021
10/11/21When Will the Covid-19 Pandemic Be Over?"It’s humbling... We did not foresee the levels of miscommunication we’d be faced with..."ByDaniel KolitzPublishedOctober 11, 2021
10/4/21Could Fossil Fuel Companies Ever Be Tried for Crimes Against Humanity?"Isn’t there some all-powerful hammer—the proverbial silver bullet—that we can use to bring this spiraling problem…ByDaniel KolitzPublishedOctober 4, 2021
9/27/21What's the Newest Language?"Even excluding conlangs (deliberately constructed languages like Esperanto or Klingon), new languages form…ByDaniel KolitzPublishedSeptember 27, 2021
9/20/21Will It Be Possible to Upload Information to My Brain?"Using brain-machine interface technology to directly write in information to the brain... as in The Matrix... it’s…ByDaniel KolitzPublishedSeptember 20, 2021
9/13/21What's the Future of Air Travel?"The systems underpinning air travel are so complex that change is inevitably incremental."ByDaniel KolitzPublishedSeptember 13, 2021
9/6/21When Will There Be a New Solar Superstorm?"It’s always a matter of hot debate in the research world."ByDaniel KolitzPublishedSeptember 6, 2021
8/30/21What Is the Most Important Scientific Development of the Last 50 Years?"That would surely be the discovery and proof of global warming."ByDaniel KolitzPublishedAugust 30, 2021
8/16/21How Has Social Media Impacted Our Mental Health?“It is not cut and dry. The science is far weaker than most admit.”ByDaniel KolitzPublishedAugust 16, 2021