Since the time our ancient human relatives began using stone tools to perform tasks, humans have harnessed new technology to advance our ability to feed ourselves, increase our health, expand the boundaries of our knowledge, and much more. From artificial intelligence and quantum computing, to optimizing the human body in pursuit of a long and healthy life, and much more—learn about these topics and more with our smart-but-digestible overviews and expert-curated resources.
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Today's medical students are training in tools their predecessors may have only dreamed of or found locked in the pages of science fiction novels. This article explores the rising popularity and use of surgical robots and how these robots are...
Redditor u/SauloJr quizzed the r/AskReddit community about the most useful unknown websites that they wished more people knew about, and netizens enthusiastically offered some of their favorite lesser-known fruits of the web.
Before its use in medical imaging, the technology was employed in World War I for submarine detection, the same way bats use sound for echolocation of obstacles. Differences in the penetrating power of different frequencies allow medical professionals to detect different structures in the body.
Transformer architecture is the neural network framework upon which large language models predict and generate text based on user inputs. This interactive lets you explore the "thinking" a GPT does to generate responses based on your input.
What does it really mean to make a city smart? This super short video explains how tomorrow’s smart cities will share data.
Can meat grown in a laboratory help save the planet? And if it can, what’s standing in our way?
Industrialization brought massive changes to warfare during the Great War. Newly-invented killing machines begat novel defense mechanisms, which, in turn spurred the development of even deadlier technologies. Nearly every aspect of what we would consider modern warfare debuted on World War I battlefields. Starting with soldiers on horseback carrying lances and ending in poison gas, machine guns, and aerial battles, this gallery shows the first tools of modern warfare.
Researchers believe new immersive technology could lead to isolation, while also creating an environment where social needs could be met online.
New technology is overtaking social infrastructure faster than cities can catch up. Here are five of the challenges in creating smart cities.
The rapid growth of generative AI applications is transforming San Francisco's Hayes Valley into an AI-dominated hub dubbed "Cerebral Valley." Ambitious tech entrepreneurs are moving in droves to so-called "hacker houses" in the city's central district, living and working with colleagues as they search for the next big break in the AI industry. The shift back toward San Francisco—the site of another famous tech valley, Silicon—is countering the trend in the city which has seen many vacant offices since the pandemic. This quick news article explains the details of the new tech neighborhood.