Regulating AI will slow the pace of science
Developments in AI are moving fast but top-down regulation is not likely to be the best approach
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How do things work? It all comes down to forces
Karel Green reviews Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop by Henry Petroski
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Thrown away: what is the real impact of our waste?
Tom Tierney reviews Wasteland: the Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, and Why It Matters by Oliver Franklin-Wallis
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How scientific models both help and deceive us in decision making
Michela Massimi reviews Escape from Model Land by Erica Thompson
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Toichiro Kinoshita: the theorist whose calculations of g-2 shed light on our understanding of nature
Robert P Crease pays tribute to the late Toichiro “Tom” Kinoshita, who was a pioneer of quantum electrodynamics
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Behind the scenes of science museums
Andrew Robinson reviews Curious Devices and Mighty Machines: Exploring Science Museums by Samuel J M M Alberti
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A co-ordinated measurement system is one of humanity’s greatest achievements – we must stick with it
Steven Judge argues that it would be wrong for countries to revert to imperial measures
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Sects, drugs and drunken duels: lighter moments from the history of science
Kate Gardner reviews The Limits of Genius: the Surprising Stupidity of the World’s Greatest Minds by Katie Spalding
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Why the US needs a ‘quantum Oppenheimer’ to beat China in the quantum race
Duncan Earl, chief technology officer at Qubitekk, says the US can only win the quantum race if it has a co-ordinated quantum programme under cohesive leadership
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Uncovering the hidden history of codebreaker Emily Anderson
Kate Gardner reviews Queen of Codes: the Secret Life of Emily Anderson, Britain’s Greatest Female Codebreaker by Jackie Uí Chionna
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