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Apple sold its first iPod in 2001, and six years later it introduced the iPhone, which ushered in a new era of personal technology.
Researchers make the case for “deep evidential regression.”
Never made a turkey before? Don’t worry, science can help.
A mineral made in a Kamchatka volcano may hold the answer to cheaper batteries, find scientists.
New book explores a future populated with robot helpers.
The new tool may someday be used in work that needs a light touch.
How many hurdles stand in the way of hyperloops becoming a commercial reality?
Researchers design microdevices that can gradually deliver medicine by latching on to intestines.
Social media seems to stress some people out. Maybe its time for a break?
Both social media companies plan to implement special protocols on Tuesday as election results begin rolling in.
Can we stop a rogue AI by teaching it ethics? That might be easier said than done.
Miso Robotics has already served up over 12,000 hamburgers.
Machine learning is a powerful and imperfect tool that should not go unmonitored.
This wide-ranging, 13-course electrical engineering training is your next power move.
An accident left this musician with one arm. Now he is helping create future tech for others with disabilities.
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This week, Big Think is partnering with Freethink to bring you amazing stories of the people and technologies that are shaping our future.
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While it’s always been a boon to Popeye’s “muskles,” it looks like spinach may also have a role to play in clean future batteries.
A new study collected 500 data points per second. Handwriting won out.
This week, Big Think is partnering with Freethink to bring you amazing stories of the people and technologies that are shaping our future.
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Confirmation bias is baked into the DNA of America, but it may soon be the nation’s undoing.
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A non-profit dedicated to science communication offers to connect learners with over 11,000 scientists.
A new interactive documentary “How Normal Am I?” helps reveal the shortcomings of facial recognition technology.
These thought leaders, founders, and entrepreneurs are propelling the kind of future we want to be a part of.
Physicists create quantum entanglement, making two distant objects behave as one.
We owe a lot to vaccines and the scientists that develop them. But we’ve only just touched the surface of what vaccines can do.
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Would you ever have sex with a robot?
Welcome to the world’s newest motorsport: manned multicopter races that exceed speeds of 100 mph.
Turns out chitin is quite useful when you need a wrench.
Construction is nearly complete for a camera that will take 3,200-megapixel panoramas of the southern night sky.
Virtual reality is more than a trick. It’s a solution to big problems.
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