With a growing number of Earth-like exoplanets discovered in recent years, it is becoming increasingly frustrating that we can’t visit them. After all, our...
While technologies such as smartphones, the internet, and social networks offer opportunities for more direct social action than ever before—they also amplify the power...
Not long ago, venture capitalists were talking about how Bitcoin was going to transform the global currency system and render governments powerless to police...
It’s weekend rush hour. You’re stuck in traffic. You got cut off. You’re increasingly frustrated. Your heart rate and blood pressure skyrocket.
As you’re fuming...
ROBOTICS: Should We Outsource Emotional Labor to Robots?
Slate
"Even if social robots become more skilled at expressing a fuller range of human emotion (like “Nadine,” who...
No doubt you've heard of Moore's Law.
What you might not realize is that Moore's Law only refers to the exponential price-performance improvements of integrated...
All technology impacts our individual daily lives one way or another—but perhaps no technology makes us question our collective humanity as much as artificial...
On April 24, 2013, Rana Plaza, an eight-story commercial building on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing 1,129 garment workers. The world watched...
Science is advancing rapidly. We are eradicating diseases, venturing further into space and discovering a growing zoo of subatomic particles. But cosmology — which is...
ROBOTICS: When Should a Robot Say No to Its Human Owner?
Adam Elkus | Slate
"Telling a robot to only obey wise choices from a human owner merely shifts...
Mark Zuckerberg is taking intense fire in India over an initiative that his organization Internet.org launched, to provide limited Internet access to the masses....
An important component of being optimistic about the future is maintaining a healthy dose of skepticism. It’s a delicate balance we’re always exploring at...
