Fowl Plague
Pandemics have threatened humanity in the past–and avian influenza may well be the next one due.
The ID Question
Who decides who you are? You, or the world around you?
A Visual History of the Future
Decades ago, artists’ imaginings formed high expectations about the world to come. Were these just fantasies–or was it the work of pioneers whose visions of the future actually helped to shape it?
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.
Why Bots Should Be More Like Plants and Less Like People
Our bot ecosystems might be intelligent, but that doesn’t mean we have to be able to talk with them.
The Bot Power List 2016
Science fiction is full of bots that hurt people. HAL 9000 kills one astronaut and tries to kill another in 2001: A Space Odyssey; Ava in Ex Machina expertly manipulates the humans she meets to try and escape her cell; the T-800 is known as The Terminator for obvious reasons. Even more common, though, are […]