Doomsday clock - 100 ticks away from midnight

Too close to our own end and still we are not doing enough to prevent it

Manmade glacier stores water to be used during low rainfall

Melting of natural glaciers has become erratic due to climate change

Computers and robots could automate 1.5 million jobs

Percentage of workers in primary industry massively reduced in last century - not necessarily a bad thing

Billionaires accumulating more wealth and youthfulness

Automation and longevity therapies may amplify social disparities

What if the rich lived forever?

New research may promote social inequality by allowing the rich live forever

How the rich plan to survive the apocalypse

Hoarding, and different forms of forced labor are among the future plans of the most powerful

US birth rates drop to lowest since 1987

Low birth rates are common in developed countries but it’ll lead to fewer young people in the workforce

Doomsday Clock moved to just 2 mins to 'apocalypse'

Doomsday Clock pushed forward by 30 seconds.

Why a drug for aging would challenge Washington

What if just one medical treatment could stave off heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s?

World's first floating city to be built by 2020

Seasteading is building autonomous, self-sustaining cities in international waters.

Why Eradicating Age-related Diseases is Unlikely to Create Immortal Dictators

Interesting analogy by Nicola Bagalà

UK population to pass 70m in 2029

According to the Office for National Statistics the UK's population is set to exceed 70 million in the middle of 2029.

Societal Benefits of Rejuvenation Biotechnology

Nicola Bagalàs thaugts on how biotechnologies would positively impact the whole of humanity and what would happen if rejuvenation biotechnologies to stave off age-related diseases were widely available?

Should We Die?

Zoltan Istvan wants to be the one to decide when his life ends.

Cheating death

Senescence is coming under scrutiny from doctors and biologists.

Impacts of Indefinite Life Extension FAQ

Gennady Stolyarov II addresses key questions about the effects of indefinite life extension.

If death becomes optional, will only the rich get to live forever?

They will not be old in mind or body, only in years.

Japan population shrinks by one million

0.7% fewer people than 5 years ago.

Transcending Overpopulation With a Bionic Future

The topic of overpopulation is flooded with both hype and misunderstandings.

Lifespans Are Long Enough? Most disagree

What are the ethical and social consequences of radically increasing lifespans?

Global Risks 2015 Interconnections Map

Will radical life extension be the abortion politics of 2050?

Both left and right ring politics may be split on the issue of life extension technology – god versus freedom.

Foreign Office study predicts society will collapse by 2040

If no actions taken (i.e. the world carries on with business as usual) catastrophic food shortages caused by climate change and other production shocks will generate riots resulting in total breakdown of society.

Staying alive: who pays for long life expectancy?

By 2030 most men and women can expect to live into their mid-80s.

James Abbott Green candidate

What scares me is… breakdown of society due to war/environmental collapse.