Tesla’s Pigeon
An inventor, a bird, and a plan to connect all the minds in the world.
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Excavating a Language at the End of the World
How an old dictionary is revealing new perspectives on an Indigenous culture.
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When the Composer Is a Geneticist
Jenny Graves tired of singing about Adam and Eve. So she wrote a creation oratorio based on science. -
The Perpetual Quest for a Truth Machine
Why human attempts to mechanize logic keep breaking down. -
A Reality Check on Superhuman AI
What’s missing from a bold new prediction of rapid progress in artificial intelligence. -
The Force Was with Them
My generation of filmmakers shook up cinema forever. Where are history’s periodic surges of creativity taking us? -
When Kids Talk to Machines
Language bots are no substitute for teaching children to speak and learn.
