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Two and a half years after he died, I gave his iPhone to our daughter.
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We Are Not Ready to Deal With Gene-Edited Athletes
By WALTER G. JOHNSON, DIANA M. BOWMAN, LUCILLE M. TOURNAS, and ANDREW MAYNARD
Soon, countries or parents might try to tinker with people before birth to make them sports superstars.
Rewatching Rollerball in 2019
By Devoney Looser
The 1975 cult classic would be just another action movie, if it weren’t trying to be about something.
Why Are There So Many Weird Tech Patents?
By ROSE EVELETH
Companies are constantly patenting strange things they have no intention of developing. Here’s why.
Who Gets to Decide What Our Space Settlements Look Like?
By Lindy Elkins-Tanton and Jessy Kate Schingler
We need a forum to let average people weigh in on our most imminent space activities.
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dirt
By Jane C. Hu
Washington set to be the first state to allow the composting of human bodies.
How Southern Baptists Are Grappling With Artificial Intelligence
By Ruth Graham
A new statement from the Southern Baptist Convention looks at A.I.’s ramifications for bias, the workplace, sex, and God.
Ethics Alone Can’t Fix Big Tech
By Daniel Susser
Ethics can provide blueprints for good tech, but it can’t implement them.
When the Rules Disappear
By Jeff Wise
How the American fervor for deregulation contributed to the 737 Max crashes.
The Government Is Using the Most Vulnerable People to Test Facial Recognition Software
By Os Keyes, Nikki Stevens, and Jacqueline Wernimont
Our research shows that any one of us might end up helping the facial recognition industry, perhaps during moments of extraordinary vulnerability.
