The pandemic has forced us indoors and using more data than ever before, putting more strain on the environment
The winners of the Nobel prize in economics experiment on poor people, but their research doesn’t solve poverty
The exhibition ‘Options’ is a search by artist Nolan Oswald Dennis for humanity
The 2018 Media Lab Disobedience Award has been awarded to three leading figures behind the #MeToo and #MeTooSTEM movements
The education we offer many learners is not providing an escape from poverty.
An American science student has captured images of the curvature of the Earth after sending a balloon into space on a shoestring budget.
By crushing a widely used semiconductor into nanoparticles, researchers said this week they have created a compound that could lead to cleaner, more efficient refrigerators,…
From iPods to navigation systems, some of today’s hottest gadgets are landing on store shelves with some unwanted extras from the factory — pre-installed viruses that steal…
Low-cost computers meant to usher poor children worldwide into the digital age are being mass-produced in China as United States non-profit One Laptop Per Child strives to…
It was supposed to be a geek palace for some of the brightest people on the planet. Dissonant angles, sloping floors, an exterior that suggested some sort of implosion — these…