If you’re looking for your genetic origin story, your DNA will only take you so far.
Carles Lalueza-Fox | Dec 18
Isaac Asimov’s “Handbook of Robotics” imagined simple rules for machine morality. But reality is a maze of contradictions, biases, and blind spots.
De Kai | Dec 15
The soda giant astroturfed a campaign meant to shift blame from sugar to sedentary lifestyles. Instead, it sparked a PR nightmare.
Murray Carpenter | Dec 11
We may have ditched the monkey-to-man meme, but the myth of humans as nature’s “pinnacle of evolution” persists in subtler ways.
Prosanta Chakrabarty | Dec 1
Daniel Forger on how our biological rhythms influence sleep, mood, and performance.
The Editors | Nov 27
Just as the camera once challenged painters, AI is giving rise to a new kind of creativity.
Danny Oppenheimer | Nov 17
Tracing cybernetics in China from Norbert Wiener’s visit to Qian Xuesen’s systems thinking and Mao’s “electronic revolution.”
Wang Hongzhe | translated by Allen Young | Nov 3
Studies show that creativity flourishes when people cross borders — and when those borders blur through deep, human connection.
Keith Sawyer | Oct 30
The system of federally funded research gave the U.S. wealth, power, and prestige. Its future is now uncertain.
Jonathan D. Moreno | Oct 2
Karel Styblo’s life work against tuberculosis created a system that has saved millions, even if his name remains largely unknown.
Tom Frieden | Sep 29
