Noam Chomsky, one of the world’s most famous and respected intellectuals, will be 96 years old on Dec. 7, 2024. For more than half a century, multitudes of people have read his works in a variety of languages, and many people have relied on his
NEOWISE, the NASA mission that cataloged objects around Earth for over a decade, has come to an end
The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the atmosphere after over a decade.
On a clear night, the sky is full of
Is AI dominance inevitable? A technology ethicist says no, actually
Anyone following the rhetoric around artificial intelligence in recent years has heard one version or another of the claim that AI is inevitable[1]. Common themes are that AI is already here, it is indispensable, and people who are bearish on it harm
Read more https://theconversation.com/is-ai-dominance-inevitable-a-technology-ethicist-says-no-actually-240088
Election anxiety doesn’t need to win − here are 3 science-backed strategies from a clinical psychologist to rein in the stress
Uncertainty about the election getting to you? Is anxiety the dominant feature of your emotional landscape, maybe with a small sprinkling of impending doom?
You are not alone. A recent survey found 69% of American adults are seriously stressed[1] about the
To make nuclear fusion a reliable energy source one day, scientists will first need to design heat- and radiation-resilient materials
Fusion energy has the potential to be an effective clean energy source, as its reactions generate incredibly large amounts of energy[1]. Fusion reactors aim to reproduce on Earth what happens in the core of the Sun[2], where very light elements merge and
Comparing the Trump and Harris records on technology regulation
It’s not surprising that technology regulation is an important issue in the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign.
The past decade has seen advanced technologies, from social media algorithms to large language model artificial intelligence systems, profoundly affect
Socially distanced layout of the world’s oldest cities helped early civilization evade diseases
In my research[1] focused on early farmers of Europe, I have often wondered about a curious pattern through time: Farmers lived in large dense villages, then dispersed for centuries, then later formed cities again, only to abandon those as well. Why?