A philosophical journey with clicks of a mouse
It’s an observation brought to mind by the new point-and-click computer game Phoenix Springs, an eye-catching, thought-provoking exploration of the...
Here’s What a Shocking New Number on Wildlife Declines Really Means
11 Oct 2024The declines reported by the Living Planet Index, a collaboration between two large conservation organizations, have been so steep as to feel...
‘Joy’ Is Working for Harris, but Can It Close the Deal?
11 Oct 2024One way to read this is that voters still need to know more about Harris’ positions, particularly on the issues for which her positions have changed...
With new, improved ‘Einstein’, puzzlers settle a math problem
3 Jun 2023This tiling pursuit first began in the 1960s, when the mathematician Hao Wang conjectured that it would be impossible to find a set of shapes
In culture of gang rape, all women are victims
3 Jun 2023You may have heard of the many gruesome cases of women being gang-raped, disembowelled and left for dead.
Brian Shul: Fighter pilot who flew world’s fastest plane
2 Jun 2023Major Shul piloted the Blackbird for 2,000 hours over four years.
The race to make AI smaller, and smarter
2 Jun 2023Large language models like ChatGPT and Bard, which generate conversational, original text, improve as they are fed more data.
How a novel about video games became a surprise hit
1 Jun 2023The feeling of loss yielded a kernel of an idea, which Zevin jotted in a notebook: “Story of two game designers.