Chasing Virality Brought Us Fake News, Now Everything’s on Fire By uncritically embedding itself into social networks, did the media actually usher in the era of fake news?

    Scientists Like Me Are Studying Your Tweets–Are You OK With That? As researchers, we have a responsibility to acknowledge that factors like the type of data, the creator of that data, and our intended use for the data are important when it comes to using public information.

    Does Siri Believe in God? A theological guide to chatbots and the world’s major religions.

    How We Got To: The Smart Fridge From Francis Bacon to the Large Hadron Collider.

    Let Robots Handle Your Emotional Burnout at Work But as robotics and computing evolve, some researchers foresee a future where technology can relieve the long-held emotional burden of some of these professions. They think we owe it to the service workforce to offer a new frontline of robotic protection. In fact, they think it’s far overdue–but does that actually mean just automating these jobs away?

    Beats: Health Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person’s pocketbook; within a doctor’s office, many factors affect the quality of treatment.

    A vast stack of containers on a ship

    Postcards From a Supply Chain

    A series that traces consumer goods back through the global shipping system to their source.
    Dan Williams
    Jan 21, 2015

    The Roots of an Epidemic

    From apartheid labor policies to everyday sexism, socio-political issues influence the spread of TB disease and the effectiveness of health responses. To tackle the epidemic, we need systemic changes.
    Paula Akugizibwe
    Apr 11, 2019

    The ID Question

    Who decides who you are? You, or the world around you?
    Anjali Ramachandran
    Nov 22, 2017

    Beats: Space

    Space is where we project our dreams–and our nightmares–of the future.

    Beats: Food

    Food structures our day, and food systems shape our world

    Beats: Disability

    “Disable” is an active verb, and disability describes the social and environmental barriers that prevent access just as much as an individual body’s physical reality.

    Beats: Health

    Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person’s pocketbook; within a doctor’s office, many factors affect the quality of treatment.

    A Brief History of Ludicrous Sci-Fi Sports (and Their Chances of Becoming Reality)

    From “The Prisoner” to “The Running Man,” sci-fi writers can’t help but try to invent weird new games.
    Holly Gramazio & Sophie Sampson
    Jul 18, 2016 8 min read

    Moving Beyond the “Radio Voice”

    Humans can learn to understand a huge variety of accents and dialects. So why do we usually hear the same sorts of voices?
    Hannah Harris Green
    Aug 24, 2018 2 min read

    Let’s Not (Accidentally) Build Depressed Robots

    In trying to build machines that can experience “real” emotions, we might end up creating intelligent beings as mentally fragile as ourselves.
    Alok Jha
    May 10, 2018 3 min read