Human Capital is Increasingly Important in the New World of Work
The COVID-19 global economic recession is deepening existing inequalities across global labour markets and reversing the gains…
These are the World’s Most Powerful Supercomputers
In June, Japanese supercomputer Fugaku zipped past all competitors to claim the top spot in the twice-annual…
New Quantum Algorithms Finally Crack Nonlinear Equations
Sometimes, it’s easy for a computer to predict the future. Simple phenomena, such as how sap flows…
Vaccine Nationalism – and How It Could Affect Us All
As COVID-19 vaccines are developed and approved, national leaders face a dilemma: which to prioritize – country…
United States: Freedom House Condemns Political Violence in Washington
The violent disruption of a congressional session is unlawful. These are among the most shameful images in our…
Quantum Engineering
Since the 1940s, classical computers have improved at breakneck speed. Today you can buy a wristwatch with…
Artificial Intelligence Model Detects Asymptomatic Covid-19 Infections Through Cellphone-Recorded Coughs
Asymptomatic people who are infected with Covid-19 exhibit, by definition, no discernible physical symptoms of the…
Ray Kurzweil: Humans Will Be Hybrids by 2030
That’s the prediction of Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google (GOOGL), who spoke Wednesday at the Exponential Finance…
5 Charts Showing the Jobs of a Post-Pandemic Future – and the Skills You Need to Get Them
The engineers, researchers and marketers of today could be the data scientists of tomorrow as increasing automation…
2020 in Neuroscience, Longevity, and Artificial Intelligence
Covid-19 sucked most of the oxygen out of science this year. But we still had brilliant wins.…