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If you stay up late, your social network is likely to be bigger than those of morning people, say researchers. And they think they know why. Source: First Evidence That Night Owls Have Bigger Social Networks than Early Risers – MIT Technology Review
From automation’s erosion of jobs to killer robots, there are plenty of thorny social AI issues to chew on. Source: DeepMind’s New Ethics Team Wants to Solve AI’s Problems Before They Happen – MIT Technology Review
Dating websites have changed the way couples meet. Now evidence is emerging that this change is influencing levels of interracial marriage and even the stability of marriage itself. Source: First Evidence That Online Dating Is Changing the Nature of Society – MIT Technology Review
A diagram of your social network reveals the strength of your individual relationships, network scientists say. Source: How Close Are You Really? – MIT Technology Review
What to watch and read before the robots take over. Source: Fiction That Gets AI Right – MIT Technology Review
While it doesn’t suit those with low blood pressure, or unstable hearts, new research shows taking a regular sauna can be extremely good for your health. Source: Are saunas good for you? — Quartz
A master of free association, he had an ability over a six-decade career to come up with instant graphic solutions that drew upon his innate attentiveness to the relationship of things. Source: Ivan Chermayeff: The graphic designer who defined the look of corporate America has died — Quartzy
To use AI to fix problems in the developing world, researchers need to think differently. Source: AI researchers need to approach developing world problems in a completely different way — Quartz
Source: Software is Increasingly Complex. That Can Be Dangerous. – ExtremeTech
Good environmental intentions are swamped by the effects of money. Source: Wealthier people produce more carbon pollution — even the “green” ones – Vox
Photomicrography—photographing minuscule objects with the help of a microscope—reveals the strangeness and beauty of things up close. Source: The Photographers Capturing a World That’s Invisible to the Naked Eye
People bought millions of consumer genetic tests over Black Friday weekend. Source: Ancestry’s Genetic Testing Kits Are Heading for Your Stocking This Year
All of it. Source: How Much of Boston Would Be Destroyed in Nuclear War?
Whether they are are autonomous, self-driving or “shared” like Uber and Lyft, they are still congestion. Source: Wonderful Uber ad demonstrates why we have to get rid of cars
Crave travel but need money to pay for it? Consider moving overseas instead. Source: 8 exotic places where you can live on a shoestring
Source: Digital democracy’s steep decline
You don’t need $159 headphones to get amazing real-time translation. Just download Google Translate.
The internet is weak, yet we keep ignoring that fact. Which is why I believe it’s time to reconsider the potential of mesh networking, and make mesh networks a reality. Not just because of their obvious benefits, but also because it provides an internet-native model for building community and governance. Source: It’s Time to Take…
Hackers and artists are signal-boosting mesh networks and other ad hoc alternatives to ISPs like Verizon and Comcast. Can they catch on? Source: This Mesh We’re In: Why Communities Are Building An Internet That’s More Local
Many subjects commonly perceived as low-paying—English, for example—actually yield more over graduates’ lifetimes. Source: A college degree specializing in nothing is great for your career
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Companies have woven themselves around this remarkably strong and flexible material. Source: How a Silkworm’s Threads Could Repair Spinal Cords
When industrial fertilizer replaced dung heaps, its spoils helped fund the spread of plastics. Source: Dog Poo, an Environmental Tragedy – The Atlantic
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