
Content by Malcolm MacIver, PhD
In my last posting, I introduced some issues at the intersection of robotics, artificial intell
How should we help our children deal with horrible events they witness or are told about from history? It’s a hard problem.
My last posting, asking whether the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine should be shuttered, has generated some interesting comments.
The NCCAM was set up under the NIH in 1992 through the effort of Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), with an initial outlay of $2 million of federal funding.
In the past two postings I’ve talked about my experience working with the Science Entertainment Exchange, which aims to improve the quality of science in movies and other forms of
At the end of my last posting, I promised to tell a bit about my meeting with the makers of TRON 2 at a studio in LA.
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