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How I Taught My Computer to Write Its Own Music

I wanted to build the ideal collaborator. Was I ever surprised.

January 29, 2015

The Future of the Web Is 100 Years Old

In the debate between structure and openness, 19th-century ideas are making a comeback.

January 29, 2015

Your DNA Is Nothing Special

It’s time to relax about genetic testing.

January 29, 2015

How ISIS Broke My Questionnaire

I felt the impact of an attack by the terrorist group. So why didn’t my research data?

January 29, 2015

The Man Who Tried to Redeem the World with Logic

Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.

January 29, 2015

Secrets in the Ice

Love notes and warning messages are buried in Earth’s frozen archive.

January 29, 2015

Why Are You So Smart? Thank Your Mom & Your Difficult Birth

Our inability to care for ourselves as babies is a key to the genius of our species.

January 26, 2015

Robots Can’t Dance

Why the singularity is greatly exaggerated.

January 21, 2015

Ingenious: Ken Goldberg

Creative robots, the Kurzweil fallacy, and what it means to be human.

January 20, 2015