The Lamen
In 1996, MIT computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum published an account and provided transcripts of conversations with ELIZA, a program approximating a Rogerian therapist that responded to human conversation by rephrasing speech input as a question. Human: Men are all...
Scripts from most Will Ferrell movies probably run with a directive that demands the actor rely on petulant silliness and his suburban dad-ish vibe to rake in the laughs, a schtick that has landed him successes like “Anchorman” and “Step Brothers.” A scene from one...
In 1831, Charles Darwin received a letter from one of his former professors. It brought news of a voyage that, as Darwin later admitted, determined his whole career. "Capt F. wants a man (I understand) more as a companion than a mere collector & would not take any...
The hype around psychedelics grew to a crescendo in 2023, when the Denver Convention Center played host to the largest psychedelic convention in history. The MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference brought in 12,000 attendees and hundreds of speakers — scientists,...
Summers are shattering heat records; the sun's UV intensity has been increasing over the past decades, and the messaging around sunscreen and sun protection has moved beyond its cautionary undertone. Wear an SPF-30 broad-spectrum sunscreen at all times, reapply every...
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik I — an eighty-four kilogram (184 pounds) beach ball-sized satellite into the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on October 4, 1957. It orbited the globe for three months, circling it every 96 minutes while transmitting a beeping noise that could...
Microplastics may be lodged in every single organ inside our bodies.Image: PexelsThe placenta is the first and largest organ to develop for a growing embryo, not just “afterbirth” meant to be tossed into the trash bin — assuming your parent didn’t eat it under the...
Caught in our very own pandemic, we could've cared less about bird flu, until now, that is.Image: UnsplashTWO YEARS PRIOR, an inmate in Colorado became the first person in the U.S. to test positive for H5N1 — also known as avian influenza or bird flu. Health officials...
The Apple Car was touted as a disruptor, the future of autonomous driving, the luxury EV of the future. Such is the case no more.Image: Generated with Bing AI Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dabbled with the idea of building an "Apple Car" as early as 2008, Nest Labs...
How each successive generation became increasingly susceptible to one of the "deadliest" cancersImage: Generated with Bing AIEven half a century after the National Cancer Act — the opening salvo of Richard Nixon's "War on Cancer" — came into effect, cancer continues...
Nearly 80 percent of autoimmune sufferers are female — the X chromosome might hold the secretImage: Generated with Bing AIThe immune system heals wounds, detects and destroys aged cells, fights off a broad range of microbial cells, and clears out toxic and allergenic...
Disease X is hypothetical, but there's no denying that another viral pandemic is brewing out there.Image: Generated with Bing AIThe twenty-fourth letter of the alphabet is a mysterious rebel, a long-standing representative of the unknown. This limitless potential of...
Even with its iconic vehicles and even more polarizing boss, Tesla Motors is losing its dominance as the top EV maker.Image: BYD AutoMuch of the attention Tesla Motors attracts comes from, at least in recent memory, having Elon Musk as its chief executive. So is the...
How adult ADHD is misunderstood, exploited and stigmatized.Illustration: Generated with Bing AIDrug shortages are becoming increasingly common in the U.S. and are lasting longer than usual. The persistent Adderall shortage, however, hints at something beyond supply...
An increasing number of people are reporting experiencing erectile dysfunction, with different cases arising from varying circumstances.Photo: Bing AI rectile dysfunction (ED) is a concern documented even in ancient records from Egypt and China....