According to new research led by the University of Rochester, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) should be broadened to look for signs of "planetary intelligence." When you purchase ...

What if we could zoom out past our own myopic point of view and see the planet Earth and all of its inhabitants as one giant global intelligence? That’s the question a trio of researchers recently ...

There is still one big step Earth must take to be "intelligent." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A group of astrophysicists has ...

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 ...

Almost a century ago, the revolutionary idea of the biosphere gained a foothold in science. Defined as the collective activity of all life on Earth—the tapestry of actions of every microbe, plant, and ...

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