Naked mole rats keep kingdoms underground. One queen bears all the children, while others maintain complex subterranean ...
New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it ...
Scientists have long tried to decode every dream we have. Some say it’s survival training, others say it’s memory at work, ...
Echo Location is not a perfect way for blind people (or anyone) to get around. It's just one tool we can use....and a very unreliable one at that. #shorts Got Questions? I’ve got answers: How do I ...
When people talk about living on the Moon or Mars, the conversation usually jumps to air, water, food, and radiation. But there’s another question sitting in the background: if humans ever truly ...
Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. It’s been a strange ...
Featuring digital, AI, and design experts Jen Stave, Ryan Kurt, and John Winsor. Stave is chief operator of the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard. Kurt is the founder and CEO of The AI Lab.
It’s becoming clearer with every passing day that the only people making a serious effort to come to grips with the implications of artificial intelligence for society aren’t legislators, or business ...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. What is Bluetooth? – Henry, age 13, Somerville, ...
AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI.
The investigative minds at How to Survive explore the psychological breakdown and sensory deprivation that happen when a person is kept in a small cell without human contact. MS NOW host details ...
In Geneva on 9 February, the United Nations deputy human rights chief gave an alarming update on the dramatic impact of the financial crisis on the UN’s ability to promote and protect human rights ...