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Is artificial intelligence a (job) killer?
There’s no shortage of dire warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence these days. Modern...
As Thailand restricts internet freedom, cyber activists work to keep an open web
On June 9 2017, a Thai man was sentenced to 35 years in jail for sharing Facebook posts. The crime:...
What game theory says about dealing with North Korea
North Korea fired its third missile in three weeks on May 29, once again drawing protests from South...
The Wonderful Death of a State
Quinn Slobodian ,April 4, 2023 The Wonderf...
Mumbai floods: what happens when cities sacrifice ecology for development
As the storm that was hurricane Harvey deluged the areas around Houston, Texas, large parts of north...
Understanding the root causes of natural disasters
Every year disasters take lives, cause significant damage, inhibit development and contribute to con...
After ISIS killings in Pakistan, China blames the victims
When two young Chinese nationals were abducted in broad daylight and brutally killed earlier in June...
Protests in Colombia and South Africa reveal link between inequality and popular uprisings
Ongoing anti-government demonstrations in Brazil. The Women’s March on Washington. Protesters in Mor...
How we used cameras in the sky to track invasive plant species
Pretty pink, orange and white flowers of the shrub Lantana camaraor wild sage, are common in ornamen...
Can we ditch dark energy by better understanding general relativity?
A renewed suggestion that dark energy may not be real — dispensing with 70% of the stuff in the univ...
For many Mexicans, this government spying scandal feels eerily familiar
The National Palace in Mexico City has been home for Mexican ruling classes since the Aztec empire....