Daniel Kolitz

3/7/22

Will There Ever Be a 'Cure' for Addiction?

"I don’t think so, no... That said, there are currently new approaches being tested."

2/28/22

What 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…

2/21/22

What's the Most Dangerous Emerging Technology?

"What could go wrong? Soon we will be able to write any virus genome from scratch."

1/3/22

Can 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…

12/28/21

Will 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…

12/20/21

What's the Oldest Sport?

"The oldest sports—using that term loosely—would likely concern training for war or ritualized leisure activities…

12/6/21

What 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…

11/29/21

Can Technology Enhance Your Taste Buds?

"The real question is: why would you want to do that?"

11/22/21

Which 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…

11/8/21

Could 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."

10/25/21

Why 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."

10/18/21

When Will Force Shields Be Real?

"...a personal field ... as portrayed in many science fiction movies and comic books, that is invisible to the naked…

10/11/21

When Will the Covid-19 Pandemic Be Over?

"It’s humbling... We did not foresee the levels of miscommunication we’d be faced with..."

10/4/21

Could 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…

9/27/21

What's the Newest Language?

"Even excluding conlangs (deliberately constructed languages like Esperanto or Klingon), new languages form…

9/20/21

Will 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…

9/13/21

What's the Future of Air Travel?

"The systems underpinning air travel are so complex that change is inevitably incremental."

9/6/21

When Will There Be a New Solar Superstorm?

"It’s always a matter of hot debate in the research world."

8/30/21

What Is the Most Important Scientific Development of the Last 50 Years?

"That would surely be the discovery and proof of global warming."

8/16/21

How Has Social Media Impacted Our Mental Health?

“It is not cut and dry. The science is far weaker than most admit.”

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