Artificial Intelligence
This is why the US isn't ready for automation
Industrial robots alone have eliminated up to 670,000 American jobs between 1990 and 2007, we need to prepare ourselves for the next wave.
Jeff Guo is a reporter at The Washington Post.
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Global Health
The economy and prescription painkillers: A deadly combination?
New research suggests that prescription painkillers and economic standing are linked to a rise in deaths.
Education
Computers and children: should you let your kids log on?
Jeff Guo explores research that looks at the potential benefits of children being computer-literate - and finds an unexpected result.
Economic Progress
The relationship between GDP and life expectancy isn't as simple as you might think
New research examines the complicated relationship between GDP and life expectancy.
Economic Progress
This well-known economist asked people to flip a coin on important life decisions
Steve Levitt, author of Freakonomics, asked people to flip a coin on life decisions. This is what happened.
Future of Work
This is the surprising impact of starting school in the afternoon
A new study explores the impact of starting school in the afternoon on the academic performance of boys versus girls.
Future of Work
What working too hard can do to your health
This new research provides evidence of a link between overwork and poor health.
Behavioural Sciences
We’re really good at forgetting all the bad things we’ve done
This is what happened when psychologists conducted a study on everyday dishonesty.
Artificial Intelligence
Google’s new artificial intelligence can’t understand these sentences. Can you?
Parsey McParseface, Google's new state-of-the-art tool, aims to solve one of the most difficult problems in artificial intelligence.
Youth Perspectives
Have we been ignoring some great news about young people?
While mortality rates among the middle-aged in the US have provided some bad news in recent years, we've overlooked health gains among younger people.
Economic Progress
What happened when Apple CEO Tim Cook stood up for gay rights?
This is the fascinating thing that happened when Tim Cook stood up for gay rights.
Education
Why men get all the credit when they work with women
Gender Inequality