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Recasting the iconic Carrington Event as just one of many superstorms in Earth’s past, scientists reveal the potential for even more massive eruptions from the sun.
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How World War II codebreaker Alan Turing invented modern AI.
Without modularization, many epic projects simply would be impossible.
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No one is teaching us how to be online. That’s a problem.
AI helped create films like "Jurassic Park" and "A.I.", so Steven Spielberg and other artists shouldn't worry about losing their jobs.
Jules Verne wrote about gasoline-powered vehicles, weapons of mass destruction, and global warming more than a century ago.
Whether in Russia or China, the secret police are defined by their unquestioning loyalty — as well as by their poor career prospects.
Video games matter. Their continued technological and artistic development is reshaping the way we satisfy our ancient need to tell stories.
Size matters, but it's not the only thing.
It's a radical but plausible idea.
2023 will see an "arms race" in mixed reality hardware and software. This truly will revolutionize our society.
Some analysts predict that Amazon's revenue will double over the next five years.
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Shouldn't "flight mode" be obsolete?
Even lifelong technologists and AI researchers like myself were genuinely surprised by the speed and impact of generative AI.
Once water gets more than about 200 feet deep, building on the sea floor is out of the question.
It’s like radar, but with light. Distributed acoustic sensing — DAS — picks up tremors from volcanoes, quaking ice and deep-sea faults, as well as traffic rumbles and whale calls.
Surely they can't be worse...can they?
Historical analyses reveal that crises almost always yield surprising benefits.
Vanadium dioxide is a strange material that "remembers" information and when it was stored. This is akin to biological memory.
These 10 best practices can help organizations develop high-quality and engaging training videos for employees.
Methane is a shorter-lived but more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Cleaning it up could have a quick impact on global warming.
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Economist Tyler Cowen says there are good reasons to be crypto-skeptical.
Gamification, minimalist design, using AI to track behavior — this article dives into these and other key ways to optimize an eLearning strategy.
Instead of liberation, the sexual revolution has led some people, particularly men, to be addicted to porn.
UAP are no laughing matter anymore.
Who should be compensated?
Should we be searching for life on other planets, or technology?
Lasers are all around you. This ubiquitous technology came from our understanding of quantum physics.
Before gunpowder was introduced to the West, medieval Arabs devised grenades using crockery.