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Sharing My Husband’s Digital Afterlife

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Nina Miller

By Fernanda Santos
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

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Nina Miller

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.

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Rewatching Rollerball in 2019

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Nina Miller

By Devoney Looser
The 1975 cult classic would be just another action movie, if it weren’t trying to be about something.

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Why Are There So Many Weird Tech Patents?

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Nina Miller

By ROSE EVELETH

Companies are constantly patenting strange things they have no intention of developing. Here’s why.

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Who Gets to Decide What Our Space Settlements Look Like?

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Nina Miller

By Lindy Elkins-Tanton and Jessy Kate Schingler
We need a forum to let average people weigh in on our most imminent space activities.

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The Government Is Using the Most Vulnerable People to Test Facial Recognition Software

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Nina Miller

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.

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The True Cost of Stain-Resistant Pants

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Nina Miller

By Andrew Maynard
The 1951 British comedy The Man in the White Suit anticipated our fears about nanotechnology.

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Fueling the Fire

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Nina Miller

By Stephen J. Pyne
Trump thinks logging will stop the burning in California. It won’t.

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When You Can’t Find Shelter From the Heat

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Nina Miller

By Paul Chakalian

Temperatures elevated by climate change can be deadly for people experiencing homelessness.

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Digital Access Isn’t a Luxury for Refugees

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Nina Miller

By Faheem Hussain
It’s a necessity.

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