What you see in a 3D scan of yourself could be upsetting
What does a machine see when it looks at you? Jessica RidgwayAmazon is reportedly looking…
70 years of instant photos, thanks to inventor Edwin Land’s Polaroid camera
It's been 70 years of instant photography, thanks to Edwin Land, on the left. AP…
What is all the fuss about 5G?
How fast will mobile data get? alphaspirit/Shutterstock.comEvery decade or so, the wireless industry rolls out…
What is 5G? The next generation of wireless, explained
How fast will mobile data get? alphaspirit/Shutterstock.comEvery decade or so, the wireless industry rolls out…
Yanny or Laurel? It’s your brain not your ears that decides
You heard it say what? Roman Stetsyk/Shutterstock.comAs a speech scientist, I never thought I’d see…
What is doxxing, and why is it so scary?
It's worrying, and potentially dangerous, when someone peels back the curtain of another's identity. The…
Gender is personal – not computational
Should an algorithm try to guess what gender people are by how they look? all_is_magic/Shutterstock.comImagine…
The next big discovery in astronomy? Scientists probably found it years ago – but they don’t know it yet
An artist's illustration of a black hole "eating" a star. NASA/JPL-CaltechEarlier this year, astronomers stumbled…
Smart windows could combine solar panels and TVs too
Could this monitor and window be combined with a solar panel? patat/Shutterstock.comImagine standing in front…
Identifying with others who control themselves could strengthen your own self-control
If everyone else sticks with salad, maybe you will too. Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.comIs self-control something you can…