How astronauts deal with the boring parts of being in space
Mundane tasks suddenly become extremely complex in space. I spoke with former NASA astronaut Leland…
Radio waves from Earth have reached dozens of stars
For billions of years, Earth has been playing a cosmic game of hide-and-seek. New research…
Using machine learning to build maps that give smarter driving advice
If you drive in the United States, chances are you can’t remember the last time…
How YouTube’s rules are used to silence human rights activists
For over a week now, a corner of YouTube frequented by Kazakh dissidents and close…
Why China’s kicking out the crypto miners
The news: China’s intensifying crackdown has sent cryptocurrency prices tumbling. China has been upping its…
French spyware bosses indicted for their role in the torture of dissidents
Senior executives at a French spyware firm have been indicted for the company’s sale of…
Podcast: Hired by an algorithm
If you’ve applied for a job lately, it’s all but guaranteed that your application was…
LinkedIn’s job-matching AI was biased. The company’s solution? More AI.
Years ago, LinkedIn discovered that the recommendation algorithms it uses to match job candidates with…
The next pandemic is already here. Covid can teach us how to fight it.
It was August 2017, and pleasant and breezy in the central mountains of Madagascar. The…