How Science Beat the Virus
In fall of 2019, exactly zero scientists were studying COVID‑19, because no one knew the disease existed. The…
Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty & Stress
Emotions can help and hinder attention, decision-making, relationships, health, and performance. So learning to manage them is…
Here’s How Lockdowns Slashed Global Emissions, According to NASA
Almost as soon as the coronavirus pandemic began, experts started noticing that the global lockdown appeared to…
The World’s Most Influential Values 2020
What do we care about most? Image: Visual Capitalist Our basic values can inform ideals, interests, political…
DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office – 40 years
Congratulations to DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office (DSO) on 40 years of forging new scientific frontiers for national…
The 50 Highest Cities in the World
Where Are The World’s Highest Cities? When comparing the world’s cities to one another, we often use defining…
This Belgian Start-up Allows Anyone to Become an Urban Farmer
A Belgian start-up is helping people in major cities turn their hand to urban farming. Peas&Love is the…
Space Mining Should Be a Global Project – But It’s Not Starting Off That Way
Exploiting the resources of outer space might be key to the future expansion of the human species.…
Can We Trust Artificial Intelligence Doctors?
Machine learning is taking medical diagnosis by storm. From eye disease, breast and other cancers, to more…
The Moral Implications of Building True Artificial Intelligence
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Measure of a Man,” Data, an android crew member of the Enterprise,…