The math of why it’s so hard to build a spherical Death Star in space
Enlarge / Geometry puts some real design constraints on Darth Vader’s desire for a spherical Deat…
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Farmer Lobbying Group Sells Out Farmers, Helps Enshrine John Deere’s Tractor Repair Monopoly
Farmers have been some of the strongest allies in the ongoing battle to make it easier for everyo…
The Mistake You Make in Every Political Argument
The Mistake You Make in Every Political Argument
We’ve all been sufficiently frustrated by the ga…
Astronomers Confirm Einstein’s Theory of Relativity By Watching a Star Orbit a Black Hole
The closest supermassive black hole to Earth is a mere 26,000 light years away, situated right in…
‘Doom’ Rendered Entirely in ASCII Is the Most 1337 Way to Play
As a child of the 90s, the drumbeat of the classic first person shooter Doom is permanently runn…
A $225 GPS spoofer can send autonomous vehicles into oncoming traffic *
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Billions of people—and a growing number of autonomous vehicles—re…
Adam Smith Doesn’t Like U.S. Trade Policy
Adam Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations, answers questions about trade and finds America’s cur…
Open offices are as bad as they seem—they reduce face-to-face time by 70%
Enlarge / Looks like someone has a case of the Mondays. (credit: Getty | Ian Nicholson)
Tearing…
Watch the Final Match of the Robot World Cup
As soccer teams from around the globe competed for the World Cup in Russia last week, another con…
Smart Compose: Using Neural Networks to Help Write Emails
Posted by Yonghui Wu, Principal Engineer, Google Brain TeamLast week at Google I/O, we introduced …