Hitting the books

11.09.19

Design

Hitting the Books: Did the advent of the first desktop computer lead to murder?

The Olivetti P101 was a hit, and it may well have caused a couple as well.

By A. Tarantola, 11.09.19

11.02.19

Hitting the Books: Boomers not understanding tech is the circle of life

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Business

Hitting the Books: Boomers not understanding tech is the circle of life

Welcome to the party, pal.

By A. Tarantola, 11.02.19

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10.19.19

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Space

Hitting the Books: How to sling a cat through interstellar space

It's not as easy as you'd expect.

By A. Tarantola, 10.19.19

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10.12.19

Hitting the Books: Nero, fiddling from orbit as Earth burns

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Transportation

Hitting the Books: Nero, fiddling from orbit as Earth burns

We're all in trouble if only the super-rich can escape offworld.

By A. Tarantola, 10.12.19

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09.28.19

Hitting the Books: Teaching AI to sing slime mold serenades

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Art

Hitting the Books: Teaching AI to sing slime mold serenades

Get ready for Mozart on a microchip.

By A. Tarantola, 09.28.19

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09.21.19

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Space

Hitting the Books: Searching for ancient cities from space

Wait, no, that's Barstow.

By A. Tarantola, 09.21.19

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09.14.19

Hitting the Books: 'Dirty bomb' fears spawned America's nuclear spy force

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Politics

Hitting the Books: 'Dirty bomb' fears spawned America's nuclear spy force

Hysteria surrounding Hitler's nuclear ambitions reached fever pitch in 1943.

By A. Tarantola, 09.14.19

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09.07.19

Hitting the Books: Stop pranking your kids to impress Jimmy Kimmel

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Internet

Hitting the Books: Stop pranking your kids to impress Jimmy Kimmel

You're supposed to be the adult here, remember?

By A. Tarantola, 09.07.19

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08.31.19

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Robots

Hitting the Books: Robots came for our jobs, then they came for our coffee

When our connected future isn't all it's cracked up to be.

By A. Tarantola, 08.31.19

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08.24.19

Hitting the Books: We can engineer the Earth to fight climate change

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Green

Hitting the Books: We can engineer the Earth to fight climate change

But we're going to need to move quickly if it's going to work.

By A. Tarantola, 08.24.19

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Hitting the books

Hitting the Books: Did the advent of the first desktop computer lead to murder?

Hitting the Books: Boomers not understanding tech is the circle of life

Hitting the Books: How to sling a cat through interstellar space

Hitting the Books: Nero, fiddling from orbit as Earth burns

Hitting the Books: Teaching AI to sing slime mold serenades

Hitting the Books: Searching for ancient cities from space

Hitting the Books: 'Dirty bomb' fears spawned America's nuclear spy force

Hitting the Books: Stop pranking your kids to impress Jimmy Kimmel

Hitting the Books: Robots came for our jobs, then they came for our coffee

Hitting the Books: We can engineer the Earth to fight climate change

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