Experimental sci-fi expertly captures colliding realities
5 June 2019
When reality fractures, it takes the adventurous writing style of the novel XYZT to make it believable, says Helen Marshall in her latest column
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Working hypothesis: From Pokémon Sleep to David Camerson
5 June 2019
Our regular column sorting the week's supernovae from the absolute zeros
Expert maker Zoe Laughlin talks back-garden Olympics and Dolly Parton
5 June 2019
When she's not organising homemade Olympics, materials engineer Zoe Laughlin can be found in her dream workshop at the Institute of Making
How to program a device that plays with random numbers
5 June 2019
With a little basic coding, Hannah Joshua shows you how to make a truly smart messaging device that can dispense advice whenever you shake it
Humans should worry us more than machines, says founding father of AI
5 June 2019
Yoshua Bengio is one of the pioneering developers of artificial intelligence and winner of computing’s "Nobel prize". His optimism about machines doesn’t extend to humanity
Donald Trump and Theresa May discuss climate change, Huawei and trade
4 June 2019
US president Donald Trump is on his first state visit to the UK. Amid the ceremony and speeches, he discussed cybersecurity with UK Prime Minister Theresa May
Uncrewed deep-sea robots will help map the world’s oceans
31 May 2019
The Ocean Discovery XPrize has been awarded to an uncrewed vehicle capable of mapping 250 square kilometres of the sea floor within 24 hours
Smart glove works out what you’re holding from its weight and shape
29 May 2019
Teaching robots how to touch is tricky, but this new smart glove lets a neural network learn the shape and weight of an object the wearer is holding
