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The Worrisome Rise of NFTs

An astrobiologist says non-fungible tokens do not bode well for our species’s future.

January 12, 2022

David Attenborough’s Life in Color

New technology enables filmmakers to capture how animals use color like never before.

September 28, 2021

Reports of a Baleful Internet Are Greatly Exaggerated

Our digital technologies can in fact be cognitive aids.

July 21, 2021

Toys Are the Future of Philosophy

Playthings shouldn’t confine kids but allow them to ask, What if?

December 9, 2020

The Bias in the Machine

Why facial recognition has led to false arrests.

August 19, 2020

The Road Less Traveled to Fusion Energy

This privateer is developing a way to power the world with water and borax.

June 3, 2020

Don’t Fear the Robot

I invented Roomba and assure you, robots won’t take over the world.

May 5, 2020

Why I Built a Dumb Cell Phone with a Rotary Dial

You too can build a phone that feels good to use. Some soldering required.

March 18, 2020

The Forest Spirits of Today Are Computers

We’ve made an artificially panpsychic world, where technology and nature are one.

February 26, 2020

WeChat Is Watching

Living in China with the app that knows everything about me.

June 11, 2019

Yuval Noah Harari Is Worried About Our Souls

The big-data makeover of humanity could be a recipe for disaster.

December 26, 2018

The New Tech of Relationships

Three stories of our new alliance with technology.

December 5, 2018