Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming many human activities ranging from daily chores to highly sophisticated tasks. But unlike many other industries, the higher education sector has yet to be really […]
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We’re directly responsible for our robots’ joy, suffering, thoughtfulness, and creative potential.
The results have implications for psychology, neurology, robotics and A.I.
In General Relativity, even space and time themselves aren’t what they seem. Gravity might have been the first fundamental force ever discovered, but in many ways, it remains the least-well understood. […]
South Korean officials say with confidence that this will be the safest Olympics on record.
If you’ve ever wondered which part of physics covers which part of space, fret no more. Here is an awesome map that lays it all out.
What’s the secret language of depression?
There is however, at least one caveat.
The nightmare scenario of no new particles or interactions at the LHC is coming true. And it might be our own fault. Over at the Large Hadron Collider, protons simultaneously circle […]
Does your kid ask “Why” all the time? Do you want to help them search for answers to the big questions but don’t know how? Here are a few ways to encourage your little philosopher.
A recent study points to the possibility that just 70,000 years ago, a star passed through our Solar System. How often does this happen, and what are the consequences? We […]
The fragility of digital memory could let the entire story of our time turn to sand.
The first step is recognizing that physical, mental, and emotional health are interconnected.
But could hackers abscond with your genetic information?
Imagine data delivered by light. This is an important benchmark toward the development of a whole new computer.
It seems intuitive that the best way to interpret how others are feeling would be to both see and hear how they’re behaving. However, a new study suggests that’s dead wrong.
The man who first demonstrated the power of neural networks introduces capsule networks.
For teens, finding help alone can prove all but impossible. But is mental health skewed towards the white, young, and affluent? The need for a simple method to help these teens is clear, and urgent.
If our current laws of physics can’t predict what will happen, even probabilistically, we need something new. There are two theories we have that explain all the particles and their […]
For Women’s History Month we have a list of seven all women teams who changed history. Some were scientists, some soldiers, some living, and some long gone. All of them shaped the world.
Former Cambridge Analytica employee Christopher Wylie made a series of surprising assertions about the data mining company to British lawmakers on March 27.
Different measurements of the Universe’s rate of expansion give inconsistent results. But this simple solution could fix everything. In 1915, Einstein’s theory of General Relativity gave us a brand new […]
These results may help us build robots that humans respond more positively to.
The Large Hadron Collider allowed us to complete the Standard Model. Even so, what we have is incomplete. Here’s what could come next. The Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful […]
The hallmark of a good scientist is changing your mind when new evidence arises. Here’s what that looks like. Science, like many things in life, is always a work-in-progress. While a […]
Tesla Motors released updated plans for when its cars will be fully self-driving.
In his new book, The Consciousness Instinct, Michael Gazzaniga does a deep dive into the process of consciousness.
Complex problems undermine the very principle of meritocracy: the idea that the ‘best person’ should be hired. There is no best person.
The cryptocurrency bitcoin has been surging in the stock market. How does bitcoin work and will its success last?
Like it or not, you are a lot like your friends.