Why Denmark’s “corona passport” is more of a promise than a plan
When acting Danish finance minister Morten Bødskov announced last week that Denmark would soon launch…
India is betting on glitchy software to inoculate 300 million people by August
On January 28, a physician at a hospital in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad…
The fast-spreading coronavirus variant is turning up in US sewers
A hyper-transmissible form of the coronavirus that causes covid-19 has been found in US sewer…
These might be the best places for future Mars colonists to look for ice
If we ever start an extraterrestrial colony on Mars, we’ll need water for a host…
The UAE’s Hope probe is about to arrive at Mars in a historic first
Fewer than half of all the spacecraft that have been sent to Mars have actually…
Why aren’t kids getting vaccinated?
While much of the world is engaged in a frantic scramble to get vaccinated against…
How a Democrat plan to reform Section 230 could backfire
Over the last few years, Section 230 of the 1996 US Communications Decency Act has…
Predictive policing is still racist—whatever data it uses
It’s no secret that predictive policing tools are racially biased. A number of studies have…
How to have a better relationship with your tech
Our dependency on tech has soared during the pandemic. The app analytics company App Annie…
The battle of algorithms: Uncovering offensive AI
As machine-learning applications move into the mainstream, a new era of cyber threat is emerging—one…