The man who gave himself away
How discovering an equation for altruism cost George Price everything. Michael Regnier writes.
FCC Chairman Wheeler Proposes Broadband Privacy Upgrade For America
The FCC is proposing to return control over your personal data back to you, much to the chagrin of big cable companies. Help them decide. Shiva Stella writes.
The Cable and Hollywood Endgame to Kill Set-Top Box Competition
You may be asking yourself how the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to eliminate the outrageous cable set-top box monopoly ripping off millions of…
Discrimination by Design
Lena Groeger investigates the built-in biases in technology and urban planning.
Why Humanities Majors Should Take Science Courses
Now that science and technology touch everyone’s lives, it’s past time to reunite them with social and ethical discussion. Yoo Jung Kim writes.
Analog: The Last Defense Against DRM
Elliot Harmon considers the disadvantages of a wireless, digital existence, via some thoughts about Apple’s new iPhone.
Unpicking Cherry Picking
Part 2 of Hilda Bastian’s analysis of gender-bias bias continues here.
This is How Research Gender-Bias Bias Works
Hilda Bastian goes meta in this exploration of gender-bias bias in published scientific papers.
Research Nirvana: The Generosity Edition
Hilda Bastian discusses why generosity is part of nirvana.
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