When will humankind become extinct? When will Chernobyl finally become safe? Explore the predictions of futurologists and climate experts with our Timeline of the Far Future.

Отрывок из книги "The End of Average" Тодда Роуза В начале 1950-х американцы измерили тела более 4000 пилотов по 140 характеристикам, чтобы спроектировать идеа...

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Сегодня для широкой публики наука стала тем, чем был Бог в Средневековье — областью абсолютного доверия. Но она далеко не так идеальна, как нам хочется думать.

Потрясающую по своей актуальности заметку прислали в почту неравнодушные друзья. Публикую с удовольствием, ибо сталкивался с аналогичными ситуациями не раз и могу подтвердить - в России ненависть ко всякому документированию техпроцессов носит религиозный характер, причем на всех уровнях управления.…

A few days ago, many people were shocked—shocked!—at a pair of new studies that found that many Americans have authoritarian tendencies. They want a strong leader, who can sort out “those” people. This went against everything we had lazily chosen to believe about America! But it’s also pretty apparent if you pay any attention at all to the headlines about police violence and the rise of a certain would-be strongman. And that makes it especially fascinating that this year’s two biggest superhero movies appear to be, at their root, about the seductive power of fascism.

For much of the last year there were two things the vast majority of political prognosticators—including those here at Slate—could agree on: 1) Donald...