Did one of Shakespeare's final plays allude to the astronomical work of Galileo? I examine the question of Shakespeare and the stars in a report for the Australian radio program, …
A court in New York has ruled that Tommy, a chimpanzee, doesn't qualify as a legal "person" — but as I report for Discover magazine's blog, the legal wrangling, and …
This winter, a balloon-borne probe called "Spider" will study the early universe. It may even find evidence for the gravitational waves that eluded BICEP2 earlier this year. I report on …
I'll be speaking at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival this weekend; my session will be on Sunday afternoon as part of a non-fiction panel (see the festival's full schedule). And …
I'm pleased to announce that my two-part Ideas documentary from 2013, Mind and Machine, has won a Silver Award from the New York Festivals. This is the third time that …
"Eugene Goostman," a chatbot designed to act like a 13-year-old boy, was recently said to have passed the Turing test. In this segment on Day 6, on CBC Radio One, …
It was widely reported last weekend that a "chatbot" had passed the famous Turing test for the first time. As I explain in an article for Smithsonian.com, the real story …
Philip Marchand has reviewed The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe for the National Post, calling the book a "lucid history of early Renaissance science."
I've made a short video about The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe, focusing on changing conceptions of the cosmos during the playwright's lifetime.
The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe was released in the U.S. one week ago, and there's already been a fair bit of media interest – …
