In Starfleet Academy, we learn more about the singularity drive, a powerful alternative to the familiar warp core seen in many Star Trek ships.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parallels in the physics of the universe and that of black holes have led some cosmologists to wonder if our universe could have ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: By one unique metric, we could approach technological singularity by the end of this decade, if not sooner. A translation company developed a metric, ...

Ray Kurzweil has left a mark on our lives. The 76-year-old computer scientist, author, inventor and futurist is responsible for advances in technologies we take for granted: optical character ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The singularities at the centers of ...