Can Virtual Reality Emerge as a Tool for Conservation?
New advances in technology are sparking efforts to use virtual reality to help people gain a deeper appreciation of environmental challenges.
Will Reading Romance Novels Make Artificial Intelligence More Human?
Google is feeding its natural language AI thousands of romance novels in an effort to humanize its “conversational tone.” Will this give it "humanness?"
A Novel Defense of the Internet
Novel reading was once regarded as an idle occupation, just as Internet use is now.
Self-Regulation in a Stressed-Out, Online World
Do our computers, gadgets and online activities necessarily cause stress—or is the internet a place where we can find ways to relieve our stress?
Buckminster Fuller: Captain of Spaceship Earth
Even apostles of the future end up as historical figures: a critical view of R. Buckminster Fuller as the Captain of Spaceship Earth.
Nikola Tesla and the Death Ray Craze
Nikola Tesla, the audacious futurist and groundbreaking inventor, once claimed to have invented a death ray that would end all war.
How To Live With Your Digital Doppelgängers
Digital Doppelgängers may share your name, but you can still claim your own digital identity.
Why King Tut Had A Meteorite Knife
What do you get the boy pharaoh who has everything? A dagger made out of meteorite iron, of course.
