In the last week of March, these two things happened in the world of artificial intelligence: news dropped of a planned AI supercomputer that would cost more than the annual GDP of Bulgar...
En 1996, un hombre en Sudáfrica se encerró en un cubículo de cristal y durante meses limitó su contacto con el mundo exterior a una conexión a Internet. "Lo emocionante es darse cuenta de...
1996年、南アフリカのある男性がガラス張りの部屋に閉じこもり、数カ月の間、外界との接触をインターネット接続のみに制限しました。チャレンジが終わり、出口で待ち受けていた記者に彼が熱く語ったのは「この成長しつつある 『グローバル・ビレッジ（地球村）』 の中で、私たち全員がいかに似ているかを実感する興味深い体験だった」ということ。
In 1996, a man in South Africa locked himself into a glass cubicle and mostly limited his contact with the outside world to an internet connection for a few months. “The exciting aspect i...
Aluminum’s a decent place to start. And not just because it begins with “a.”
Recent elections in Bhutan demonstrated that even some of the happiest people on Earth can grow impatient with their political leaders, and promptly replace them.
Artificial intelligence has awed a lot of people in the past year or so. It’s also frightened many of them.
“Wars kill trade too.”
Un retrato del siglo XIX de una futura esposa con expresión enfurecida se ha convertido recientemente en un meme de TikTok para airear una amplia variedad de quejas. Según ese meme, es po...
A 19th-century portrait of a quietly seething bride-to-be recently emerged as a handy TikTok meme to air a wide variety of grievances. But it’s possible the painting’s Parisian subject wa...
On a recent Tuesday morning, people in Acapulco got their first indications that an approaching tropical storm might become something more serious. By that night, the most powerful hurric...
El mes pasado, algunos de los autores de un artículo científico pidieron discretamente su retractación, pero casi nadie pareció darse cuenta.
The Industrial Revolution was good for beer. New tools put a more reliable product into more mugs.
上个月，部分作者谨慎地要求撤回一篇已发表在美国《科学》杂志上的论文。撤稿发生得悄无声息，几乎没有人关注到这件事。
Last month, some of the authors of a scientific paper discreetly asked to have it retracted. Hardly anyone seemed to notice.
