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How a Landmark Physics Paper from the 1970s Uncannily Describes the COVID-19 Pandemic
Phil Anderson’s article “More Is Different” describes how different levels of complexity require new ways of thinking. And as the virus multiplies and spreads, that’s just what the human race desperately needs...
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The Fight against COVID-19 Threatens to Cause Collateral Health Damage
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Women in Cybersecurity: Where We Are and Where We’re Going
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5G Is Coming: How Worried Should We Be about the Health Risks?
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FaceApp, Aging and Loneliness
The app’s popularity could help increase empathy for the elderly
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The Bots Are Here—And They’re Protecting Our Crops
Armed with AI-equipped smartphones, African farmers should be able to detect and deal with potato viruses before they get out of hand
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Titanic: The Reboot
New research on what really caused the great ship to sink is informing the design of a new version
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Algorithmic Foreign Policy
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How Smart Devices Can Help Solve the Challenge of Climate Change
They can help consumers be much more aware of—and aid them in reducing or changing—their energy use
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Our Ethics Must Catch Up with Our Increasingly Powerful Technology
Humanity is like a teenager trying to control a 500-horsepower Ferrari
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Why Are Deepfakes So Effective?
It’s because we often want them to be true
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The Quantum Computing Party Hasn’t Even Started Yet
But your company may already be too late
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