Hitting the Books: How music chords hack your brain to elicit emotion
It's amazing what a flattened third can achieve.
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Hitting the Books: The abrupt and ignoble downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried
His story was always fated to end in handcuffs, despite reports to the contrary.
Hitting the Books: Why a Dartmouth professor coined the term 'artificial intelligence'
John McCarthy's 'summer study' saw the first computers learning from data.
Hitting the Books: Who's excited to have their brainwaves scanned as a personal ID?
We could soon unlock our phones with a thought... after giving Big Tech access to our EEGs
Hitting the Books: We'd likely have to liquidate Jupiter to build a Dyson Sphere around the Sun
But it could be the beacon we need to finally attract extra-terrestrial attention.
Hitting the Books: Why nobody knows Hiram Maxim, inventor of the incandescent lightbulb
Developing the first electric illumination took teamwork -- and some light industrial espionage.
Hitting the Books: Tech can't fix what's broken in American policing
PredPol, Clearview AI and the false promise of precognitive crime fighting.
Hitting the Books: Sputnik's radio tech launched a revolution in bird migration research
If you can track a satellite, you can track a Swainson's thrush.
Hitting the Books: How the 'Godfather of Cybercrime' got his start on eBay
From bunk Beanie Babies to signal-stealing cable boxes, Brett Johnson has scammed them all.
Hitting the Books: During World War II, even our pigeons joined the fight
Before there were UVAs, the Allies had hoped to train birds to guide precision munitions.
Hitting the Books: How 20th century science unmade Newton's universe
Mercury's orbit defies Newtonian physics, so why shouldn't the rest of creation?
Hitting the Books: AI is making people think faster, not smarter
'Going with your gut' exclusively isn't the winning strategy you think it is.
Hitting the Books: Could we zap our brains into leading healthier lives?
Science author Sally Adee explores the potential healing power of electroceuticals.
Hitting the Books: Why America once leaded its gasoline
How else were we to eliminate engine knock -- build smaller, more efficient engines?
Hitting the Books: NASA's Class 8 broke color barriers and glass ceilings alike
The diverse cadre of aspirational space travelers included Sally Ride and Ron McNair.
Hitting the Books: High school students have spent a decade fighting Baltimore's toxic legacy
It's 2023, we're the richest country on the planet, why are we still burning our trash?
Hitting the Books: That time San Francisco's suburbs sued the airport for being too loud
NIMBYism has a long and storied history in the Bay Area.
Hitting the Books: How to build a music recommendation 'information-space-beast'
There's a planet's worth of tunes 'data alchemist' Glenn McDonald want to help you find.
Hitting the Books: America might not exist if not for a pre-Revolution smallpox outbreak
Mobilizing public support for inoculation helped galvanize the movement towards independence.
Hitting the Books: AI is already reshaping air travel, will airports themselves be next?
Or, 'Why there aren't any tchotchke shops in private terminals.'
