The term 'AI' overpromises: Here's how to make it work for humans instead
Big Thinkby Notger Heinz11 Sept 2021
One of the popular memes in literature, movies and tech journalism is that man’s creation will rise and destroy it.
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top 46%The secret to how scorpions, spiders, and ants puncture tough skin
Big Thinkby Robert Schofield10 Sept 2021
Many small animals grow their teeth, claws and other “tools” out of materials that are filled with zinc, bromine and manganese, reaching up to 20% of the material’s weight.
Early humans migrated in and out of Arabia — based on the climate
Big Thinkby Tim Brinkhof10 Sept 2021
We know a good deal about how early hominins — the branch of our evolutionary tree that split from chimps and bonobos up to seven million years ago — moved around their place of origin in eastern...
TikTok tics: when Tourette's syndrome went viral
Big Thinkby Scotty Hendricks10 Sept 2021
While the term is often avoided for fear of ridiculing something more serious, mass psychogenic illness (MPI) — also known as mass sociogenic illness (MSI) or mass hysteria — is a real occurrence...
Will concentrated solar thermal power dominate the energy industry?
Big Thinkby Tom Hartsfield10 Sept 2021
Flying across the American Southwest, brilliant points of light shine in the distant wastes of the Mojave Desert. Three glowing spots hover over the horizon, each surrounded by a gleaming field.