Tag: science
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In many ways, we are living in quite a wondrous time for AI, with every week bringing some awe-inspiring feat in yet another tacit knowledge task that we were sure… more ›
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Two things need to be said after reading The Anxious Generation. First, this book is going to sell a lot of copies, because Jonathan Haidt is telling a scary story… more ›
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Bee colonies are collapsing all over the world, threatening large parts of our food supply. But there’s good news in the fight to slow their decline: the U.S. government has… more ›
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Recently, the range of dishes available to Ceder’s robots has grown exponentially, thanks to an AI program developed by Google DeepMind. Called GNoME, the software was trained using data from… more ›
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In the 1990s, religious Americans embraced science’s re-definition of spirituality. They would be unwise to repeat this mistake. https://quillette.com/2023/01/17/hope-trust-and-religious-faith/ more ›
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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled. The goal of this essay is to persuade you that we shouldn’t send human… more ›
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Artificial intelligence has deciphered the structure of virtually every protein known to science, paving the way for the development of new medicines or technologies to tackle global challenges such as… more ›
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A future in which China is the world’s dominant scientific power fills the imagination of leaders in both East and West. China’s ability to realize these visions depends on its… more ›
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Smartphones, superglue, electric cars, video chat. When does the wonder of a new technology wear off? When you get so used to its presence that you don’t think of it… more ›
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Virologist Oyewale Tomori, whose career in science dates back to the early years of Nigerian independence, offers a personal perspective on the state of African science in 2022. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01148-6 more ›