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Can We Build Jurassic Park Yet?
More than thirty years ago, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park captivated audiences with its amber-encased DNA, lab-grown dinosaurs, and a...
Jun 116 min read
How to Be Lucky
What’s the formula for success? Hard work? Talent? Grit? That’s what we’re often told. But what if there’s another important ingredient...
Mar 277 min read
AI Bias: A Flawed Algorithm or a Human Problem?
In January 2020, Detroit Police pulled up outside the home of Robert Julian-Borchak Williams and arrested him in front of his wife and...
Mar 145 min read
Back to the Moon? Or Destination Mars? 🚀
NASA’s Artemis program is about to send humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. Or is it? Artemis was set to make...
Feb 197 min read
Outliers: Success and the Luck Factor
What do Bill Gates, The Beatles and Canadian ice hockey stars have in common? Clue: the answer isn’t just that they are phenomenally...
Feb 135 min read
Science Fiction: A Blueprint for Reality?
From space travel to smartphones, many of today’s groundbreaking inventions first appeared in fiction. But beyond predicting new...
Jan 166 min read
How to Tackle Binary Bias
Messi or Ronaldo? Coke or Pepsi? Republican or Democrat? Whether it’s politics, fan allegiances or opinions on Marmite, we love to frame...
Nov 21, 20248 min read
Can AI Direct Movies?
Spoiler alert: Yes, it’s already happening. Scorsese. Kubrick. Lynch. Anyone with the last name Coppola. Iconic directors invariably have...
Sep 28, 20227 min read
Think Before You Tweet
There’s arguably no emotion more powerful than shame. From an early age, we learn the discomfort brought on by feelings of having done...
Jun 12, 20225 min read
Reclaiming Val Kilmer's Voice
Going to the cinema in the late 20th century would have been a very different experience without the acting talent of Mr. Val Kilmer....
May 24, 20224 min read
TikTok Resumés
In my day job, I’ve been responsible for hundreds – if not thousands – of hires. I’ve read CV after CV, conducted interview after...
Nov 6, 20215 min read
Social Media Censorship
“Covfefe” will forever remain as Donald Trump’s best contribution on social media — the memes that followed were the gift that kept on...
Oct 9, 20216 min read
The Science of Sad Songs
If you’ve ever felt a lump in your throat listening to a piece of music, you’re far from alone. It’s a strange phenomenon — that the soft...
Jul 17, 20216 min read
Is VAR Ruining Football?
Fifty years ago, Joni Mitchell lamented “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone” in her hit single Big Yellow Taxi. She wasn’t...
Jun 26, 20215 min read
Waving Goodbye to Old-School Gestures
In October 2020, The Guardian published a tongue-in-cheek “Pass Notes” article about how young people no longer understand traditional...
Mar 21, 20215 min read
Weird & Wonderful Webcams
A very fishy trend has surfaced since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: a surge in webcam usage. It’s no surprise that webcam usage...
Oct 17, 20205 min read
How AI is Transforming Music
From the creation of Alan Turing’s melody-making machine in 1951 to David Bowie’s digital lyric randomiser, music and artificial...
Sep 14, 20204 min read
Futuristic Fun & Games
Remember the good old days of playing board games? So-called 'family fun', sitting inside on a rainy afternoon with your sibling getting...
Aug 15, 20204 min read
Algorithms & Popular Culture
When we were young, we’d find out what music was popular by tuning into Top of the Pops on a Friday evening, or listening to the chart...
Jun 20, 20204 min read
When Social Media Meets Politics
The UK General Election in December 2019 saw the Labour Party’s worst result since 1935. When the exit poll figures were revealed, I’m...
Mar 28, 20206 min read
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