The field of public health has transformed medicine, yet failed the most vulnerable. This trajectory can be avoided.
26/03/2023
The neocortex is the seat of human intellect. New data suggests that mammals created it with new types of cells only after their evolutionary split from reptiles.
Any mention of crypto was deliberately veiled at this year’s festival. And that strategy might catch on.
Sure, anyone can use OpenAI’s chatbot. But with smart engineering, you can get way more interesting results.
To see if those videos of people conjuring liquid without any external power actually hold water, you’ll need physics—and a straw.
24/03/2023
Bob Metcalfe, inventor of ethernet, coined the law that explains the power and pathologies of social platforms. He also just won computing’s highest honor.
Most carbon emissions caused by businesses are hidden from sight. US and California regulators are pushing to require companies fully disclose them.
Autonomous machines are still too clumsy for delicate tasks. But humans can operate mechanical arms from afar, turning physical labor into remote work.
23/03/2023
He’s the biggest fantasy writer in the world. He’s also very Mormon. These things are profoundly related.
Image-editing tools from Google and Microsoft contain the “aCropalypse” bug, which can reveal information users intentionally removed.
22/03/2023
Deep learning networks may look like brains, but that doesn’t mean they can think like humans. On the ever-expanding meganet, that’s a problem.
Debashis Chanda had trouble finding a physicist who could paint. The researchers in his nanoscience lab at the University of Central Florida had already worked out the kinks in the high-end machinery needed to create a revolutionary new kind of…
