Hitting the Books: How music chords hack your brain to elicit emotionIt's amazing what a flattened third can achieve. By A. Tarantola, 05.21.2023
Hitting the Books: The abrupt and ignoble downfall of Sam Bankman-FriedHis story was always fated to end in handcuffs, despite reports to the contrary.By A. Tarantola, 05.14.2023
Hitting the Books: Why a Dartmouth professor coined the term 'artificial intelligence'John McCarthy's 'summer study' saw the first computers learning from data. By A. Tarantola, 05.07.2023
Hitting the Books: Who's excited to have their brainwaves scanned as a personal ID?We could soon unlock our phones with a thought... after giving Big Tech access to our EEGsBy A. Tarantola, 04.30.2023
Hitting the Books: We'd likely have to liquidate Jupiter to build a Dyson Sphere around the SunBut it could be the beacon we need to finally attract extra-terrestrial attention.By A. Tarantola, 04.23.2023
Hitting the Books: Why nobody knows Hiram Maxim, inventor of the incandescent lightbulbDeveloping the first electric illumination took teamwork -- and some light industrial espionage.By A. Tarantola, 04.16.2023
Hitting the Books: Tech can't fix what's broken in American policingPredPol, Clearview AI and the false promise of precognitive crime fighting.By A. Tarantola, 04.09.2023
Hitting the Books: Sputnik's radio tech launched a revolution in bird migration researchIf you can track a satellite, you can track a Swainson's thrush.By A. Tarantola, 04.02.2023
Hitting the Books: How the 'Godfather of Cybercrime' got his start on eBayFrom bunk Beanie Babies to signal-stealing cable boxes, Brett Johnson has scammed them all. By A. Tarantola, 03.26.2023
Hitting the Books: During World War II, even our pigeons joined the fightBefore there were UVAs, the Allies had hoped to train birds to guide precision munitions. By A. Tarantola, 03.19.2023
Hitting the Books: How 20th century science unmade Newton's universeMercury's orbit defies Newtonian physics, so why shouldn't the rest of creation?By A. Tarantola, 03.12.2023
Hitting the Books: AI is making people think faster, not smarter'Going with your gut' exclusively isn't the winning strategy you think it is.By A. Tarantola, 03.05.2023
Hitting the Books: Could we zap our brains into leading healthier lives?Science author Sally Adee explores the potential healing power of electroceuticals.By A. Tarantola, 03.04.2023
Hitting the Books: Why America once leaded its gasolineHow else were we to eliminate engine knock -- build smaller, more efficient engines?By A. Tarantola, 02.26.2023
Hitting the Books: NASA's Class 8 broke color barriers and glass ceilings alikeThe diverse cadre of aspirational space travelers included Sally Ride and Ron McNair. By A. Tarantola, 02.12.2023
Hitting the Books: High school students have spent a decade fighting Baltimore's toxic legacyIt's 2023, we're the richest country on the planet, why are we still burning our trash?By A. Tarantola, 01.29.2023
Hitting the Books: That time San Francisco's suburbs sued the airport for being too loudNIMBYism has a long and storied history in the Bay Area.By A. Tarantola, 01.22.2023
Hitting the Books: How to build a music recommendation 'information-space-beast'There's a planet's worth of tunes 'data alchemist' Glenn McDonald want to help you find.By A. Tarantola, 01.15.2023
Hitting the Books: America might not exist if not for a pre-Revolution smallpox outbreakMobilizing public support for inoculation helped galvanize the movement towards independence.By A. Tarantola, 12.11.2022
Hitting the Books: AI is already reshaping air travel, will airports themselves be next?Or, 'Why there aren't any tchotchke shops in private terminals.'By A. Tarantola, 12.04.2022