When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. What if our entire planet were to grow a consciousness? The human race finds itself aboard a ...

What if Earth itself became conscious? Not in some distant future, but soon, with a planetary brain powered by artificial intelligence. This is the provocative idea presented by Topher McDougal in his ...

We need to reimagine global governance. In public health, we now accept that human and planetary wellbeing are inseparable. The climate crisis, biodiversity loss, pollution, pandemics, and inequity ...

After 20 years of listening for signs of life elsewhere in the universe, The Planetary Society is now ready to watch the skies. On April 11, 2006 the Society will dedicate a brand new optical ...

In the '80s, the image of the Earth floating in the vacuum of space acted as a collective wake-up call: this is our planet, where we live. But beyond this awareness, true collective consciousness on a ...

In his book, Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect, David Orr pointed out that the type of aptitudes and attitudes that were needed to industrialize the Earth are not the ...

Planetary nebulae represent a brief, yet illuminating, phase in the evolution of low- to intermediate-mass stars. These glowing shells of ionised gas are shed in the late stages of stellar development ...

"My contention is that Earth may, if we are lucky and diligent and clever enough, grow an emergent superconsciousness." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...