Human-Like ‘Bio-Skin’ Gives Robots a Much More Nuanced Sense of Touch
By Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: We humans are highly visual creatures, but our skin…
Will Telepathy be Forever Out of Reach?
Roger Luckhurst at Aeon: In 2016, Elon Musk launched Neuralink with the aim of manufacturing…
Where Our Philosophical Debates are Going
Samuel Kimbriel at Wisdom of Crowds: This week, I’ve been re-reading Better Never to Have…
Biden vs. Netanyahu
Liz Wolfe at Reason: President Joe Biden has proposed a ceasefire plan. Israeli Prime Minister…
Are Electric Cars Better for the Environment than Fuel-powered Cars? Here’s the Verdict
Jo Lauder at ABC News (of Australia): Whether you drive an electric car or are…
Dinesh D’Souza’s Movie ‘2,000 Mules’ Retracted, But Still Lodged in Grandma’s Brain
William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Will Selber at The Bulwark: Ever since the “Stop the…
Monday Poem: Virtual Poetry
A poet who I respect told me the other night thatmy stuff wasn’t really poetry…
Atlantic Ocean Current Might Not Shut Down So Soon
Yuxin Zhou at The Conversation: While Greenland is losing huge volumes of ice right now…
Yes, Donald Trump Has a Point About Political Prosecution
Ronald Sievert at The Conversation: The facts and the law behind New York District Attorney…
Mehdi Hasan: I First Interviewed Imran Khan Back in 2010. But Never Before Have I Interviewed Him Like This.
Mehdi Hasan at Zeteo: I first interviewed Imran Khan back in 2010, in print, for…
Sahir, Jalib, and the Sage
Habib Khan from Quetta: During the independence movement in the 1930s and 1940s, many of…
This is the Problem With Good Intentions and Radical Ideas
Farrukh K. Pitafi at The Express Tribune: Absolutely Anything is a 2015 science fiction fantasy…