Bryan WalshinElementalLessons From SARS: How to Deal With the Wuhan Coronavirus — and Our New NormalWhat I learned about outbreaks from surviving a pandemic·8 min read·Jan 31, 2020--18--18
Bryan WalshinOneZeroSurvey Says Americans Believe in AliensMore than a quarter think alien societies would resemble human ones — but they’re likely wrong about UFO visitation·2 min read·Jan 28, 2020--7--7
Bryan WalshinOneZeroThe Biggest Lesson About Climate Change From 2019We need to change how our economy is powered — and that will require politics·8 min read·Dec 26, 2019--15--15
Bryan WalshinOneZeroCalifornia’s Preemptive Blackout Portends a Dark FutureClimate change plays a role, but the power outages are chiefly the result of mismanagement — the kind we can no longer afford·7 min read·Oct 10, 2019--12--12
Bryan WalshinOneZeroIs This the End?As the clock ticks toward the end times, it’s easy to lose faith in humanity’s ability to endure. But we can’t give up.·7 min read·Aug 27, 2019--23--23
Bryan WalshinOneZeroMaybe Let’s Not Try to Talk to AliensIn an effort to speed up the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, some researchers are sending messages into the cosmos. We may not…·7 min read·Aug 26, 2019--28--28
Bryan WalshinOneZeroA.I. Is the Cause Of — And Solution To — the End of the WorldThe development of artificial general intelligence offers tremendous benefits and terrible risks·7 min read·Aug 22, 2019--21--21
Bryan WalshinOneZeroBioengineering the End TimesNew technologies like gene editing could vastly improve human life. They also just might end it.·6 min read·Aug 19, 2019--5--5
Bryan WalshinOneZeroCould Climate Change Really End the World?Species are going extinct and the climate is warming rapidly — yet at least materially, humans are doing better than ever. Welcome to the…·7 min read·Aug 16, 2019--50--50
Bryan WalshinOneZeroThe Morning We Learned How to Destroy the WorldSeventy-four years after World War II, we’re still living with the risk of nuclear holocaust — and it all began on a patch of desert·11 min read·Aug 15, 2019--10--10