Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing our society and economy. A new study shows that the majority of people believe that...
Science & Technology
Are AI Companies Actually Ready to Play God?
oliday rituals and gatherings offer something precious: the promise of connecting to something greater than ourselves, whether friends, family, or...
Netflix’s a House of Dynamite Sounds the Nuclear Alarm, but How Worried Should We Be?
As a teenager in the 1980s, I was shown a BBC drama in school called Threads that depicted the impact...
Will AI Reshape the Art Market – or Just Automate Its Paperwork?
New AI robo-advisor start-ups, shippers save hundreds of workdays, but most dealers remain wary. Is technology transforming the art world,...
Jane Goodall, the Gentle Disrupter Whose Research on Chimpanzees Redefined What It Meant to Be Human
Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or...
Nuclear in Your Backyard? Tiny Reactors Could One Day Power Towns and Campuses – but Community Input Will Be Key
You might imagine nuclear power plants as behemoth facilities spanning hundreds of acres. Nuclear microreactors, by contrast, could sit on...
Scientific Objectivity Is a Myth – Cultural Values and Beliefs Always Influence Science and the People Who Do It
Even if you don’t recall many facts from high school biology, you likely remember the cells required for making babies:...
“Greetings from 51 Pegasi B”: How NASA Made Exoplanets into Tourist Destinations
A new JCOM paper analyzes the synergy between artists and scientists in a popular exoplanet science communication campaign Looking for...
