Category: News/Events
Is the Brain a Useful Model for Artificial Intelligence?
In the summer of 2009, the Israeli neuroscientist Henry Markram strode onto the TED stage in Oxford, England, and made an immodest proposal: Within a…
Are AI-Powered Killer Robots Inevitable?
In war, speed kills. The soldier who is a split second quicker on the draw may walk away from a firefight unscathed; the ship that…
‘Crisis Schooling’ and the New Rhythms of Pandemic Parenting
“Mom, can you fill up my water-keeper?” I looked down from making meatballs. My 5-year-old was holding a contraption that appeared to consist of several…
Web Giants Scrambled to Head Off a Dangerous DDoS Technique
In October 2016, a botnet of hacked security cameras and internet routers called Mirai aimed a gargantuan flood of junk traffic at the servers of…
Move Beyond Monopoly With Board Games for the Bored
Too Many Poops Easy to learn and tough to master, this card game (shown above) encourages you to collect adorable cats, which deposit tiny plastic…
How the Coronavirus Got Its Close-Up, Thanks to Electrons
The president calls SARS-CoV-2 the “invisible enemy.” Sure, at some 0.000003 inches across, the virus evades the naked eye. But luckily for us, virologists have…
The New Startup: No Code, No Problem
Dani Bell was a British copywriter who hankered for her own marketing startup. Like many founders today, though, she faced a roadblock. She couldn’t code….
Why Didn’t Artificial Intelligence Save Us From Covid-19?
In late January, more than a week before Covid-19 had been given that name, hospitals in Wuhan, China, began testing a new method to screen…
Yes, a Solar Minimum Is Coming. No, It’s Not Going to Mess Up The World
Because we are normal people living in normal times, normal things are happening. Like news tabloids reporting that the Sun is in “lockdown”, and that…
Should You Self-Isolate if You Suddenly Lose Your Sense of Smell? Here’s What We Know
Waking up and not being able to smell the coffee could be a sign of COVID-19. The World Health Organization recently announced that a sudden…