Canadian computer scientists have developed a neural-network-based program that can tell you what it's looking at (and gets it right, most of the time). My news story for Scientific American.
Neural-network based artificial intelligence is about to change everything. My feature story for the University of Toronto Magazine, focusing on the work of machine learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton.
Quantum computing could be a game-changer — and Canadian researchers in Waterloo's "quantum valley" are leading the way. My feature story for CPA Magazine.
The idea of invisibility has a long and provocative history. I review Philip Ball's new book, Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen, in today's Globe and Mail newspaper.
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is a half-century-old quest — but as I report in Slate Future Tense, there's a new, and very heated debate these days: Should we …
In a feature story for Cosmos magazine, I look at the James Webb Space Telescope. Bigger and better than the Hubble, the JWST will reveal the universe is a new …
In a wide-ranging interview for Quanta Magazine, I chat with Nobel Laureate physicist Steven Weinberg about physics, philosophy, and the future of science.
I'm pleased to be bringing The Science of Shakespeare to western Canada! I'll be lecturing in Regina on March 6, and in Edmonton on March 9. Both events are free …
Featured Book: Colliding Worlds, by Arthur I. Miller. Over the last 50 years, the world of modern art has been completely transformed, Arthur I. Miller argues, because of the influence …
Featured Book: Consciousness and the Brain, by Stanislas Deheane. Stanislas Deheane tackles the problem of consciousness, and tells us how his own research is helping to explain how that three-and-a-half …
