Many manufacturing jobs, and other careers, in the U.S. will likely be taken over by robots and artificial intelligence, warns billionaire Mark Cuban.
The fundraiser would help continue a new advanced physics program in Palestine.
Elon Musk is preparing to Colonize Mars, Gates is hoping for an energy breakthrough, Hawking has set the doomsday clock at 1,000 years and Chomsky warns of a climate change-induced migrant crisis and nuclear holocaust.
"Any civilization detecting our presence is likely to be technologically very advanced, and may not be disposed to treat us nicely."
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Germany have put forth a proposal they say would allow tiny spacecraft to not only fly by our nearest stellar neighbor, but also stop by for a closer look.
The information paradox has been vexing scientists since the 1970s, when Stephen Hawking discovered that all black holes eventually evaporate, completely erasing all information about whatever they gobbled up in the past.
The founding members of the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund said they would support research aimed at understanding ethical and safety issues related to AI technology.
The asteroid was around half the distance between the Earth and moon away from hitting the planet.
As part of the agreement, Breakthrough Initiatives will fund the development of an instrument that would boost the planet-hunting capabilities of the ESO's Very Large Telescope.
The longest living ALS survivor celebrated a milestone on Sunday.
Stephen Hawking believes we're on our way to colonizing other planets, as long as neither aliens nor robots colonize us first.
The celebrated scientist will reportedly help with a project to send a probe to a different star system.
The organization echoed concerns by leading scientists that fully autonomous weaponry would be bad for mankind.
Hawking linked Trump's election to the so-called Brexit referendum on leaving the European Union in Britain, calling it a sign that educated elites have far too long ignored working class voters.
Temperatures in the Arctic, which is going through the polar night, are about 36 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the mean temperature for this time of the year.
The famed physicist said Tuesday that humanity has less than a thousand years left on Earth before a mass extinction occurs.
The latest initiative using the new telescope is focused on detecting and identifying signs of Earth-like aliens or extraterrestrial civilizations.
Once again warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence, Tesla Motors and SpaceX founder Elon Musk took to Twitter to warn of the technology's cyber consequences.
The Breakthrough Listen project, funded by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, will try to find if "the most mysterious star in our galaxy" is surrounded by an alien megastructure.
Artificial intelligence "will either be the best or the worst thing to happen to humanity," Hawking said this week.
While a report brushes aside Sci-Fi movie-inspired worries of robots taking over the world, it does warn that robots will likely be taking over Americans' jobs.
The non-profit organization will aim to advance the public’s understanding of Artificial Intelligence technologies and debate concerns.