Weighing in from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, today's most forward-thinking minds explore the rise of "machines that think.”Stephen Hawking recently made headlines by noting, "The development of full artificial intelligence...

Today's most visionary thinkers reveal the cutting-edge scientific ideas and breakthroughs you must understand.Scientific developments radically change and enlighten our understanding of the world -- whether it's advances in technology...

Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant?but accessible?ideas to expand every mind.What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman,...

The newest addition to John Brockman's Edge.org series explores life itself, bringing together the world's leading biologists, geneticists, and evolutionary theorists—including Richard Dawkins, Edward O. Wilson, J. Craig Venter, and...