Robotics

Meet the Woman Who Supervised the Computations That Proved an Atomic Bomb Would Work

Meet the Woman Who Supervised the Computations That Pro...

SIN Aug 3, 2023 0 10

Naomi Livesay worked on computations that formed the mathematical basis for impl...

What Grand Theft Auto Tells Us about the 'Crisis in Masculinity'

What Grand Theft Auto Tells Us about the 'Crisis in Mas...

SIN Aug 3, 2023 0 30

Breaking down “toxic masculinity” is complicated, especially amid fears of a mas...

Can You Decode an Alien Message?

Can You Decode an Alien Message?

SIN Aug 3, 2023 0 30

An artist, a programmer and a scientist have created a simulation of extraterres...

California Waves Have Grown a Foot Taller because of Climate Change

California Waves Have Grown a Foot Taller because of Cl...

SIN Aug 3, 2023 0 11

The number of extreme wave events—when crests are taller than 13 feet—have doubl...

Bizarre-Looking Colossus Whale May Have Been Heaviest Animal Ever (Sorry, Blue Whales)

Bizarre-Looking Colossus Whale May Have Been Heaviest A...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 10

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” says a paleontologist not involved in the di...

Could Weight-Loss Drugs Curb Addiction? Your Health, Quickly, Episode 12

Could Weight-Loss Drugs Curb Addiction? Your Health, Qu...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 9

Drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic might help people tackle substance abuse as wel...

Science, Destroyer of Worlds--And Movie Scripts

Science, Destroyer of Worlds--And Movie Scripts

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 8

Oppenheimer won’t bomb in the box office, but despite its director’s best effort...

Social Media Is Rewriting the Banking Playbook

Social Media Is Rewriting the Banking Playbook

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 10

Our financial systems need to be overhauled to avoid the kind of social-media-fu...

Yes, AI Models Can Get Worse over Time

Yes, AI Models Can Get Worse over Time

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 7

More training and more data can have unintended consequences for machine-learnin...

Could Weight Loss Drugs Curb Addiction: Your Health, Quickly, Episode 12

Could Weight Loss Drugs Curb Addiction: Your Health, Qu...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 6

Drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic might help people tackle substance abuse as well a...

'Virgin Birth' Engineered into Female Animals for First Time

'Virgin Birth' Engineered into Female Animals for First...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 4

Scientists altered the genomes of female fruit flies, allowing them to reproduce...

NASA Detects 'Heartbeat' from Voyager 2 Spacecraft after Losing Contact

NASA Detects 'Heartbeat' from Voyager 2 Spacecraft afte...

SIN Aug 1, 2023 0 8

A glitch may have silenced NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft until mid-October—but a “...

A Sun Shield over Earth? Catch an Asteroid, and It Might Work

A Sun Shield over Earth? Catch an Asteroid, and It Migh...

SIN Aug 1, 2023 0 6

A resurfaced idea for solar geoengineering imagines a sunlight-blocking space sh...

Science Corrects Itself, Right? A Scandal at Stanford Says It Doesn't

Science Corrects Itself, Right? A Scandal at Stanford S...

SIN Aug 1, 2023 0 9

What does it take to correct the scientific record? And who—and what—stands in t...

Space Debris Will Block Space Exploration Unless We Start Acting Sustainably

Space Debris Will Block Space Exploration Unless We Sta...

SIN Aug 1, 2023 0 5

We need satellites and rocket bodies designed with an end-of-life plan to keep s...

The Ukraine War Is an Environmental Catastrophe with Global Consequences

The Ukraine War Is an Environmental Catastrophe with Gl...

SIN Aug 1, 2023 0 26

When it’s time to rebuild, we must prioritize more sustainable and resilient inf...

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