Category: Insight
Exploding Stars Are Rare—but if One Was Close Enough, It Could Threaten Life on Earth
Johannes Kepler observed the last supernova in the Milky Way in 1604, so in a…
How Do Machines ‘Grok’ Data?
Anil Ananthaswamy in Quanta: In January 2022, researchers at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, reported that these…
“I Watched 15 Hours of COVID Origins Arguments So You Don’t Have to”
Scott Alexander at Astral Codex Ten: Saar Wilf is an ex-Israeli entrepreneur. Since 2016, he’s…
Viruses Finally Reveal Their Complex Social Life
Carl Zimmer in Quanta: Ever since viruses came to light in the late 1800s, scientists…
Inspiring Quotes From Famous Visual Artists
From cave art to contemporary art, humans have created the most outstanding works of art…
What We Get Wrong About Poverty
Nathan Cheek at Psyche: Imagine this upsetting scenario: two women are both suffering physical abuse…
Habsora: Israel Military AI System “a Mass Assassination Factory”
A recent report claims another system called Where’s Daddy? monitors targets and alerts the military…
Is the Universe Really a ‘Dark Forest’ Full of Hostile Aliens in Hiding?
By Tony Milligan at Singularity Hub: We have no good reason to believe that aliens…
What is AI (Artificial Intelligence)?
Artificial intelligence is a machine’s ability to perform some cognitive functions we usually associate with…
Knowing vs Becoming (Urdu)
‘The Essence of Knowledge is Having it to Apply it’: A Conversation on Knowing vs…
Can Cells Think? Collectively Yes!
The Well at YouTube: We know that humans are an intelligent species. But biologist Michael…
Environmental DNA Is Everywhere. Scientists Are Gathering It All.
“Every day I see something bubbling up that didn’t occur to me.” Peter Andrey Smith…