1.5 million jobs in the UK are at “high risk” of being automated by Charlotte Jee 2019-03-25T12:30:44-04:00
Business Impact A quantum experiment suggests there’s no such thing as objective reality Physicists have long suspected that quantum mechanics allows two observers to experience different, conflicting realities. Now they’ve performed the first experiment that proves it. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv 2019-03-12T04:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life There’s probably another planet in our solar system Laying out two decades of evidence for the mysterious “Planet 9,” a team of astronomers predicts that if it exists, it’s likely to be discovered within the decade. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv 2019-03-05T04:00:00-05:00
Connectivity The hipster effect: Why anti-conformists always end up looking the same Complexity science explains why efforts to reject the mainstream merely result in a new conformity. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv 2019-02-28T05:45:00-05:00
Connectivity Steam-powered spacecraft could jump-start asteroid exploration A centuries-old propulsion technology is making a comeback—in space by Erin Winick 2019-02-27T13:42:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines 10 of Bill Gates’s favorite books about technology And how they helped him choose this year’s list of 10 breakthrough technologies by Bill Gates 2019-02-27T07:05:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Bill Gates: How we’ll invent the future The thinking behind this year’s list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies began with the plow. by Bill Gates 2019-02-27T07:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines A philosopher argues that an AI can’t be an artist Creativity is, and always will be, a human endeavor. by Sean Dorrance Kelly 2019-02-21T07:00:00-05:00
Connectivity The first privately funded trip to the moon is about to launch After failing to claim the Lunar X Prize (which, to be fair, everyone did), the Israeli firm SpaceIL could have a rover on lunar soil in a little over a month. by Erin Winick 2019-02-20T13:45:00-05:00
Finland’s universal basic income trial made people happier—but not employed by Charlotte Jee 2019-02-11T08:00:40-05:00
