Language is a distinctly human, innate mental structure. It is a prime example of a mental algorithm, which strings words into new combinations by plucking them from a memory bank. Recently [...]
If the power grid were to go out on a national scale, it would be lights out for America, in more ways than one. The bulk of the nation’s infrastructure, including cell phones, comput [...]
A time-consuming chore of everyday life is purchasing groceries week after week. Fortunately, the days of driving to the supermarket may soon be over. Starship has recently debuted a self-d [...]
Humans definitely require the aid of robots if they plan on stepping foot on Mars. Robots are needed to build infrastructure, such as housing and laboratories, on the planet’s surface [...]
As the sale of civilian drones continues to skyrocket in Latin America, so do the crime rates. Like all kinds of technology, drones can be a double-edged sword used for either good or evil. [...]
In an age of autonomous vehicles, no one is safe. Tesla recently debuted their autopilot software, and the system is already experiencing hiccups. Their are a swath of sensors both inside a [...]
Do you believe in God? A recent psychological experiment suggests that it depends on what regions of your brain are active and inactive. The psychologists’ paper appeared in the journ [...]
Cyberspace has created a new landscape for cheaters and criminals to cheat (and cheat on) people in ways that could not have been anticipated even a decade ago. Hackers have made headlines [...]
The mathematician Alan Turing argued that a machine could perform the substantial equivalent of thinking if it could convince someone that it was human by responding to various questions th [...]
The email controversy involving Hillary Clinton is sinking deeper and deeper. Records reveal that Hilary Clinton’s private server, ClintonEmail.com, shared an email IP address with he [...]
