When I started writing about science decades ago, artificial intelligence was ascendant. IEEE Spectrum, the technology magazine for which I worked, produced a special issue on how AI would transform the world.
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My girlfriend, who has taken it upon herself to keep me abreast of cool culture, has gotten me hooked on the hit YouTube show “TwinsthenewTrend,” also called “First Time Hearing.”
A friend recently urged me to watch The Social Dilemma, a documentary on Netflix. It sounded boring — another expose of the perils of social media.
Like many teachers, I’ve agonized over what to tell my students about the crises convulsing us lately, the pandemic and U.S.
This morning I clicked a Zoom link and joined an online mindfulness session led by my friend and Stevens colleague Lindsey Swindall.
Today an email chain I’m on, where contributors swap whacky physics theories, veered into whacky political theories. Chinese communists, one physicist insisted, are orchestrating protests that have been roiling U.S.
Read Professor Horgan's first Scientific Curmudgeon column of the semester.
Since arriving at Stevens six years ago, Professor Theresa MacPhail has been a go-to source for advice on nasty viruses. She is a medical anthropologist who specializes in global responses to pandemics.
Like everyone else in the world, the Stevens community could use some good news. So let me tell you about Kaitlin Gili, a Stevens senior majoring in Physics, and the organization she founded, EWAAB, which helps young women planning to enter physics, computer science, and other male-dominated professions.