Science


Opinion

Remembering ‘True Names’ Author Vernor Vinge

Known for popularizing the term “singularity,” the cypherpunk writer, who died this week, was prophetic about the age of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency.

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Opinion

Aliens Exist. And They Use Cryptocurrency

A few thoughts on government lies, the purpose of crypto and where technology can take us following a congressional hearing on inexplicable aerial phenomena.

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Finance

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s ResearchHub Startup Raises $5M in Funding

The Series A round was led by Open Source Software Capital with participation from Boost VC, RedHat's Bob Young, Vercel’s Guillermo Rauch and Replit's Amjad Masad.

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Policy

The Neil Ferguson Affair Shows the Limits of Science During COVID-19

The depth of the outrage reveals how scandalized the public can become when trusted institutions are shown to be less reliable than expected.

Neil Ferguson (Credit: Thomas Angus, Imperial College London)

Markets

IBM Says Blockchain Can Power 'Open Scientific Research' in New Patent Filing

A patent application from Big Blue hints at a blockchain solution for scientific research.

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Markets

Hubble Researcher Focuses on Blockchain for Space Data Processing

A Hubble Space Telescope researcher is testing a blockchain network for processing the vast amounts of data produced.

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Markets

National Chinese Science Academy Launches Blockchain Lab

China's federal science institution, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is eyeing blockchain technology, the school announced this week. 

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Markets

Startup Incubator Science Could Raise Up to $100 Million in Planned Token Sale

A startup incubator based in California is launching an initial coin offering aimed to raise up to $100 million to support a new blockchain program.

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Markets

Bitcoin and the Law of Conservation of Energy

Guest contributor Alex Millar examines bitcoin through the lens of scientific law in an attempt to show that money is energy.

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Markets

Bitcoin Paves a Way for Evolution of the Species

Nozomi Hayase looks at bitcoin in the context of Darwin's evolutionary theories.

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