• Technology

    Physics

    Magnets, How Do They Work? On the Magic of Magnetic Force

    Roma Agrawal Explains the Technology Behind Telegraphs, Touchscreens, and More

     
    By Roma Agrawal  November 16, 2023
    Space!

    What To Do When Your Period Comes… In Space

    By Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith  November 8, 2023
    Geology

    Magical and Essential: On the Mineral and Metallic Bases of Our World

    By Ed Conway  November 8, 2023
    Photography

    Capturing Process and Industry in America: On the Photography of Christopher Payne

    By Kathy Ryan  November 3, 2023
    Artificial Intelligence

    “AI, Ain’t I A Woman?” On the Blindness and Limitations of Artificial Intelligence

    By Joy Buolamwini  November 1, 2023
    AI

    Can a Computer Write Like Eudora Welty?

    By Randy Sparkman  October 30, 2023
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    The Internet

    You Will Live on the Internet: The Grim Realities of the Metaverse

    By Rachel O'Dwyer  October 16, 2023
    Cundill History Prize

    How US Intelligence Agencies Hid Their Most Shameful Experiments

    By Matthew Connelly  October 2, 2023
    Media

    Recognition Chains: How Digital Platforms Influence What We Consume

    By Michèle Lamont  September 18, 2023
    Shakespeare's First Folio

    In Praise of the Tangible Sacredness of the Printed Word

    How Physical Copies of Shakespeare's First Folio Cemented the Bard's Legacy

    By Ed Simon  November 13, 2023
    Inventions

    How Complex Math and Human Innovation Created the Calculator

    By Keith Houston  August 31, 2023
    Social Media

    How Big Tech Helps Promote Disinformation—And How It Can Help Stop It

    By Lee McIntyre  August 30, 2023
    Keen On

    Matthew Moynihan on the Promises of Fusion

    By Keen On  August 17, 2023
    Keen On

    Ece Temelkuran on Social Media’s Failure to Change the World

    In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

    By Keen On  August 15, 2023
    Keen On

    Joe Allen on Transhumanism and the War Against Humanity

    By Keen On  July 27, 2023
    Keen On

    Ted Anton on the Brave New World of Synthetic Biology

    By Keen On  July 24, 2023
    Keen On

    Christian Madsbjerg on How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World

    By Keen On  July 21, 2023
    Keen On

    Can Artificial Intelligence Be Moral?

    In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

    By Keen On  July 20, 2023
    Keen On

    Why America’s Blood-Sucking Lords of Silicon Valley Want to Live Forever

    By Keen On  July 20, 2023
    Keen On

    How the Internet Has Become an Outrage Machine

    By Keen On  July 20, 2023
    Keen On

    Nishanth Injam on Leaving India, the Misery of Tech Work and the Subversive Nature of Memories

    By Keen On  July 20, 2023
    Expertise

    Why Expertise Has Lost Its Luster in an Age of Populism and Chaos

    Amanda Goodall on the Enduring Value of Experts' Opinions

    By Amanda Goodall  July 19, 2023
    On Technology

    Reconstructing Our Attention in the Era of Infinite Digital Rabbit Holes

    By Tobias Rose-Stockwell  July 14, 2023
    The Hub

    Your stupid little ChatGPT interactions are destroying the planet. Stop.

    By Jonny Diamond  June 29, 2023
    Artificial Intelligence

    Why Human Writing Is Worth Defending In the Age of ChatGPT

    By Naomi S. Baron  September 12, 2023
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