The idea of the human mind as the domain of absolute protection from external intrusion has persisted for centuries.
Scientific American From ACM Opinion | August 10, 2017
Every moment of your waking life and whenever you dream, you have the distinct inner feeling of being "you."
Scientific American From ACM Opinion | July 19, 2017
As recent high school graduates prepare for their migration to college in the fall, one item is sure to top most students' shopping wish lists: a laptop computer...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | July 12, 2017
But the anti-science stance of the current administration — silencing scientists, removing data from federal websites, proposing drastic funding cuts — hits my...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | April 14, 2017
"Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald Trump for President." "FBI Agent Suspected in Hillary Email Leaks Found Dead of Apparent Murder-Suicide." "Rush Reveals...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | January 25, 2017
Automakers ask drivers to trust and share U.S. roadways with autonomous vehicles, but there is no easy answer as to when they will be considered "safe."
Scientific American From ACM Opinion | January 18, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump's views on technology and tech policy were not prominent campaign features on his contentious path to the White House.
Scientific American From ACM Opinion | December 2, 2016
HAL 9000, the sentient computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, offers an ominous glimpse of a future in which machines endowed with artificial intelligence reject human...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | November 2, 2016
Two weeks ago, Scientific American asked for your help in grading the presidential candidates on their answers to 20 questions about various aspects of scientific...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | September 26, 2016
Emerging technologies that draw from biomedical technology, nanotechnology, information technology and other fields are developing at a rapid pace and may lead...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | July 26, 2016
Larry Stap's fifth-generation family dairy farm has come a long way since his great grandfather established it in Lynden, Wash., in 1910.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | July 20, 2016
The victory in March of the computer program AlphaGo over one of the world's top handful of go players marks the highest accomplishment to date for the burgeoning...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | June 30, 2016
A couple of weeks ago the world heard about the most seriously funded (and perhaps the most serious) effort yet for starting us on the pathway to interstellar travel...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | April 28, 2016
Valentine's Day was a bummer in Mountain View, Calif. For the first time, one of Google's self-driving cars, a modified Lexus SUV, caused a crash.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | April 22, 2016
A heavily rusted cast iron ring sits on a bookshelf inside a neoclassical church a few blocks north of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The ring is about an inch...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | April 13, 2016
One afternoon last fall a Reddit user with the handle "FranktheShank1" was enjoying a new video game on his PlayStation 4.
Scientific American From ACM Opinion | March 8, 2016
A defining moment in modern biology occurred on July 24, 1978, when biotechnology pioneer Robert Swanson, who had recently co-founded Genentech, brought two young...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | February 5, 2016
Sooner or later everything seems to go online. Newspapers. TV. Radio. Shopping. Banking. Dating.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | February 3, 2016