FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - Caught on Camera

AI finds optical illusions just as mind-boggling as we do

Its interpretations are "surprisingly humanlike".

Creative Bloq · Jun 19, 2024

China's Retribution

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Reason · Apr 22, 2024

Orcas aren't all the same species, study of North Pacific killer whales reveals

Scientists suggest that killer whales be divided into two distinct species.

LiveScience · Apr 1, 2024

White paint: a cool solution for climate change?

Brilliantly whitewashed houses are a familiar sight in hot countries, from Morocco to Greece. In fact, white-painted roofs “have been used to cool buildings for centuries”, said The Guardian.

The Week · Jul 5, 2023

J. Robert Oppenheimer: the real ‘father of the atomic bomb’ at centre of new blockbuster

J. Robert Oppenheimer, the subject of a soon-to-be-released blockbuster directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy, could be one of the most misunderstood figures of the 20th century.

The Week · Jul 4, 2023

Why the 1.5C threshold matters to our climate

The probability of the world exceeding the 1.5C climate change target within the next five years has risen to 66%, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). 

The Week · May 22, 2023

Climate change first 'went viral' exactly 70 years ago

We have grown so used to many things. To the pictures of wildfires and cremated animals, to the ice sheets calving into the ocean, to the promises of world leaders that they will heed the “last chance” warning of the scientists.

The Conversation · May 12, 2023

‘Promptography’: Artist who rejected photography prize for his A.I.-generated image backs new term

The term is "large enough" to include generative A.I. images that "can look like a drawing, like a painting, like a photo," says Boris Eldagsen.

Fortune · Apr 21, 2023

The Shameless Attack on a Climate Change Dissenter

We couldn't find any negative review of physicist Steven Koonin's Unsettled that disputed its claims directly or even described them accurately.

Reason · Feb 13, 2023

NASA once again declines to rename the James Webb Space Telescope

NASA says an extensive review of historical records found no evidence that Webb ever led or supported purges of government employees who were gay. But some astronomers think that's a pretty low bar.

WEKU · Nov 18, 2022