Random Numbers: does God play dice?
It’s becoming expensive to generate random numbers. Cameron Scott explores how quantum mechanics are providing an alternative.
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Reflecting on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
36 years on from the catastrophic disaster, Cameron Scott reflects on the lives lost and lessons learnt from the Challenger launch.
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NASA’s DART spacecraft to smash into asteroid in planetary defence system test
Asteroid impacts are unlikely but potentially catastrophic (just ask the dinosaurs). A new NASA mission has been launched to test the technology that could one day save us.
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Does climate change mark the end of the road for cars?
A truly sustainable society cannot be built with current levels of car ownership, argues Cameron Scott, with even electric cars coming at a huge ecological cost. So what can we do?
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Hunting monsters with Turing tests
Cameron Scott discusses how we can assess the intelligence of computers, and how reverse Turing tests could save us from an AI apocalypse.
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