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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.
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.
The True Cost of Stain-Resistant Pants
By Andrew Maynard
The 1951 British comedy The Man in the White Suit anticipated our fears about nanotechnology.
Fueling the Fire
By Stephen J. Pyne
Trump thinks logging will stop the burning in California. It won’t.
When You Can’t Find Shelter From the Heat
Temperatures elevated by climate change can be deadly for people experiencing homelessness.
Digital Access Isn’t a Luxury for Refugees
By Faheem Hussain
It’s a necessity.
