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Chasing the White Whale of Big Science
An Interview with Jeremy N. Smith
Science & Technology
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein
A Dip into the Forests of the Brain
Neuroscience, neurons, consciousness.
Therapy and the Art of Mortality
What are we to do with our mortality?
Notes on “Note-by-Note”: A New Molecular Cuisine?
You are what you think you are eating.
The Black Box Within: Quantified Selves, Self-Directed Surveillance, and the Dark Side of Datification
What happens when “life as we know it” becomes a series of occasions to collect, analyze, and use data to determine what’s true, opportune, or even right to do? According to Luke Dormehl, much more than we bargained for.
What Is an @uthor?
It’s clear that our media today capture and contain authorial presence with unprecedented levels of abundance. But the total recall and total information awareness that characterize these interactions are further complicated by the focalizing powers of hashtags, filters, and notifications."
The Sacred Headwaters
"This is not like any other place."
Data Grubbers: Epidemiology, Sabermetrics, Octopus Paul, and You
Of course, one need only visit the latest round of Facebook infographics to know that statisticulation is a robust art.
Left to Her Own Devices
In story after story, technology stands in as a focus for our fears for our daughters (as well as our desire to control them).
Second Eden
The quantum mechanics of family life
When Algorithms Are Cheaper than Humans: The Hidden Curse of Automation
Is technology quietly deskilling, and dehumanizing, us?
Science, INC: On Mediating Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking teaches us how human beings make science together.
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