
Can AIs suffer from mental health issues?
So the movie “2001 – A Space Odyssey” has just been re-released. I saw it when it was first released and I didn’t understand it even

China has just leapfrogged the US in a big way
I just arrived back from one of my regular business trips to China. Here’s my tally: air pollution is even worse, water in rivers is

What if exercise and brain training don’t help Alzheimer’s?
I recently read an obituary of someone the town in which I live. He had died from complications of Alzheimer’s at the age of 73.

Are viruses the biological equivalent of dark matter?
Did you get the flu? I was so lucky, I got it twice! So lots of stuff about influenza in the news. Other than that,

Space is actually for making ourselves more beautiful
Did you notice the news about Scott Kelly, the US astronaut? His DNA changed while he was in space, 7% of it to be exact. Actually it

Self-driving cars – just blame the victim
So now several people have been killed in accidents in self-driving cars. What gives? I’ve been driving for many years but I don’t regard myself