Read article: Build a bot: new book covers history and future of robotics
Build a bot: new book covers history and future of robotics
Ian Randall reviews How to Grow a Robot: Developing Human-Friendly, Social AI by Mark Lee
Read article: Build a bot: new book covers history and future of robotics
Read article: Hacking a path to innovation
Hacking a path to innovation
Bonnie Tsim says “hackathons” are a great way for scientists to apply their skills to the commercial world
Read article: ‘Proxima’ review: bonds beyond the bounds of Earth
‘Proxima’ review: bonds beyond the bounds of Earth
Andrew Glester reviews the film Proxima and interviews its writer-director Alice Winocour
Read article: The power of authority: why we need to rely on experts
The power of authority: why we need to rely on experts
The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined why the authority of science is so important – and how it’s so easy to lose. Robert P Crease explains
Read article: Our perilous planet
Our perilous planet
David Appell reviews Dangerous Earth: What We Wish We Knew about Volcanoes, Hurricanes, Climate Change, Earthquakes, and More by Ellen Prager
Read article: A matter of trust
A matter of trust
Philip Ball reviews Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes
Read article: Survival of the fittest: why businesses must innovate during COVID-19
Survival of the fittest: why businesses must innovate during COVID-19
COVID-19 has clobbered the global economy, which is why – argues James McKenzie – innovation is so vital for business success
Read article: Scepticism beyond pessimism
Scepticism beyond pessimism
Andrew Glester reviews For Small Creatures Such As We by Sasha Sagan and interviews the author
Read article: Putting new physics on the syllabus
Putting new physics on the syllabus
Niki Bell calls on physicists to insist that exam boards integrate modern discoveries into the education system
Read article: Artificial stupidity
Artificial stupidity
Margaret Harris reviews You Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane