This is how we lost control of our faces
In 1964, mathematician and computer scientist Woodrow Bledsoe first attempted the task of matching suspects’…
The next act for messenger RNA could be bigger than covid vaccines
On December 23, as part of a publicity push to encourage people to get vaccinated…
An AI saw a cropped photo of AOC. It autocompleted her wearing a bikini.
Language-generation algorithms are known to embed racist and sexist ideas. They’re trained on the language…
What went wrong with America’s $44 million vaccine data system?
The first time Mary Ann Price logged into her employer’s system to schedule a vaccine,…
People are fed up with broken vaccine appointment tools — so they’re building their own
Across the US, people are clamoring to get the hottest ticket of the season: an…
Collaborative planning in an uncertain world
Corporate planning is difficult in the best of times, let alone in the middle of…
I jumped the queue to get an expiring vaccine. Did I do the right thing?
Around 10 p.m. last Thursday, I received a call from a friend. The two of…
We’re living in a golden age of sample return missions
Observing space rocks from afar is all very well, but sometimes you need to get…
So you got the vaccine. Can you still infect people? Pfizer is trying to find out.
Sebastián De Toma joined Pfizer’s clinical trial last year, getting his shots in August and…
Google says it’s too easy for hackers to find new security flaws
In December 2018, researchers at Google detected a group of hackers with their sights set…