Quantum Mechanics and Buddhism Kevin Gima Religion, Science Quantum Mechanics Albert Einstein supposedly said “The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the...
Jonathan Franzen, Climate Change and the Need for Imagination Glenn McLaren Science, Science & Medicine Dr. Glenn McLaren Where climate change is concerned, human imagination is a double-edged-sword. The seemingly controllable technological industrial utopia we imagined and built, has...
Machine Learning: It’s not just a game Sumeet Kulkarni Science, Society & Culture, Technology The contrast between artificial intelligence and ordinary computing is best documented in how machines got one up over humans in one of our favorite pastimes: board games. If you have ever wondered why we...
UC Berkeley’s David A. Patterson Sees the Future After Moore’s Law Hippo Reads Staff Science, Science & Medicine, Technology As professor emeritus of the University of California, Berkeley, David A. Patterson has led a distinguished academic career since joining the faculty in 1977. Patterson developed RISC I, a microprocessor...
The Science of Solar Panels Kevin Gardner Science Here is how solar panel installations work. First, the sun shines on the solar panel on the roof. Then, the panel converts energy to direct current flowing through the inverter. Finally, the inverter converts...
Are Our Genes Really Our Fate? DNA’s Visual Culture and the Construction of Genetic Truth Kathleen Pierce Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine The direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andme has recently been described by journalist Erika Check Hayden as a “unicorn.”1 For Hayden, this Silicon Valley idiom describes the company’s one...
Are Universities Suitable Engines For Growth? Adi Gaskell Politics & Economics, Science Earlier this year the National Centre for Universities & Business published their annual Survey of Academics report, which I wrote about here. The report revealed the ongoing struggle in encouraging...