Learning How to Say “Robot” in ChinesePerhaps you were one of the people who were alarmed when Chinese firm DeepSink released its powerful AI R1 a couple months ago, rivaling…2d ago2d ago
A New Way to InternetIf you live in, say, Ukraine, you probably think about Starlink a lot. Since Russia invaded three years ago, it has been heavily dependent…Mar 17Mar 17
Health Care in AbundanceA recent report from Moody’s Analytics, by chief economist Mark Zandi, had an eye-opening fact: the top 10% of earners in the U.S. — those…Mar 10Mar 10
Next Up: Fiber ComputersI know: you’re pretty proud for being into “wearables” to help monitor your health and other functions. You’ve got some apps on your…Mar 3Mar 3
Goodbye, American ScienceMany people don’t realize it, but a hundred years ago America was something of a scientific backwater. Oh, sure, we had the occasional…Feb 24Feb 24
Patients are NPCsI found a new way to think about patients in an opinion piece by Ezra Klein: they’re NPCs. For those of you unfamiliar with gaming, NPCs…Feb 17Feb 17
The World Is a Little Off-CenterI’m not going to write about the NIH cuts, devasting though they will be (to researchers, universities, and all of America). I’m not even…Feb 11Feb 11
DEI Is Now a Four Letter WordI’d love to be writing about something fun. Something that makes us think about things in a new way, or something exciting that will take…Feb 3Feb 3
Expect the UnexpectedMost people probably know about Alexander Fleming “discovering” penicillin by accident, thus inventing the field of antibiotics. Others may…Jan 27Jan 27
