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On this week’s episode of ‘The Big Interview’ podcast, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales talks about maintaining neutrality in an ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...
What does it take to detect a radio signal sent by extraterrestrial life to Earth? Two decades of work involving radio ...
From Venezuela to Minneapolis, the rapid rollout of deepfakes around major news events is stirring confusion and suspicion ...
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Neuromorphic computers, inspired by the architecture of the human brain, are proving surprisingly adept at solving complex ...
At every CES I’ve ever been to, there’s been one or two gadgets promising to boost your mental health. In recent years, the ...
On the outskirts of Beijing, young Chinese entrepreneur Cheng Hao sits on an indoor soccer pitch – but this turf isn’t for humans. It’s where engineers working for his start-up, Booster Robotics, ...
A global shortage of construction-grade sand is reshaping coastlines, destabilizing ecosystems, and putting activists in the ...
I plan to run my first marathon in April in London, hoping to avoid his blissful fate. After all, I have an ally that he did ...