The arrhythmia of our current age
Thumpa-thumpa, thumpa-thumpa, bump, thumpa, skip, thumpa-thump, pause … My heart wasn’t supposed to be beating like this. Way too fast,
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Culture
What do jumping spiders find sexy? How DIY tech is offering insights into the animal mind.
In his quest to understand the hermit crab housing market, biologist Mark Laidre of Dartmouth College had to get creative.
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Azalea: a science-fiction story
“This is simply a question of right and wrong.” “You can’t deny the costs, though. You keep saying that just
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Job title of the future: Digital forest ranger
When Martin Roth began his career as a forest ranger in the 1980s, his job was to care for the
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Meet the radio-obsessed civilian shaping Ukraine’s drone defense
Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov hates going to the front line. The risks terrify him. “I’m really not happy to do it
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Coming soon: Our 2024 list of Innovators Under 35
To tackle complex global problems such as preventing disease and mitigating climate change, we’re going to need new ideas from
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The year is 2149 and …
The year is 2149 and people mostly live their lives “on rails.” That’s what they call it, “on rails,” which
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From the publisher: Commemorating 125 years
The magazine you now hold in your hands is 125 years old. Not this actual issue, of course, but the
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Will computers ever feel responsible?
“If a machine is to interact intelligently with people, it has to be endowed with an understanding of human life.”
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