Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain
Critical insight into microplastic particles and how they are travelling afar via rain and wind, which may become "a more insidious problem than acid rain."
Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop
"This ... tactic is familiar to students of abuse"
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
A nostalgic collection of all things Internet, the site has grown from its humble beginnings as the Wayback Machine.
How Can You Help the Internet Archive?
Speaking of the Internet Archive, consider helping where you can.
DeepMind hopes to teach AI to cooperate by playing Diplomacy
The next step in AI, training agents so that they can "successfully cooperate with others, including handling difficult questions that arise around establishing and maintaining trust and alliances."
US patent office rules that artificial intelligence cannot be a legal inventor
And then there is the legal and ethical side of AI.
A tribute to Alan Turing
Also, while we are on the subject of AI, here's a tribute to its father.
Do bike lanes actually make cyclists safer?
"design choices have everything to do with it."
What Happens Next? COVID-19 Futures, Explained With Playable Simulations
What happens when we change the variables for COVID-19? Play it out yourself with this unique simulator.
What if we got our attention back?
"Aren’t I a clever/busy/important person? Look how much I can do at once!" - the multitasking misnomer.