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29/06/2022 - 13:21
I asked Professor Oesch if he felt personally connected to this tiny smudge on his computer screen. Does this faint blob feel like part of... →
28/06/2022 - 13:53
All the worst things we can imagine doing to Earth — nuclear war, climate change, massive pollution, habitat loss and all the rest —... →
30/06/2018 - 13:14
Imagine being refused health insurance - but when you ask why, the company simply blames its risk assessment algorithm. Or if you apply for... →
27/04/2017 - 13:30
There is a growing cohort of well-credentialed scientists investigating radical life extension: geneticist Craig Venter, one of the first... →
25/02/2016 - 18:11
This raises a question, though. If humans rely so much on a culturally accumulated body of knowledge that they access by imitating others,... →
16/09/2014 - 13:59
Which brings us back to the confusion between cans and pedestrians. When an autonomous car scans a person with its forward-facing radar,... →
28/05/2013 - 14:10
Wrangham, who is in his mid-60s, with an unlined face and a modest demeanor, has a fine pedigree as a primatologist, having studied... →