Articles Tagged with social effects of technology

Why keep old things?

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Collectors and others

There are two types of people who retain old technology.

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Putting pen to paper (II)

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The novelists’ instrument

We examine an incident in which new technology did not change literary genres.

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How big is the world?

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Measuring a cabbage-patch

“It’s a small world” is a cliché.  Can we measure how small?

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Putting pen to paper

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Writing changes, and doesn’t

We examine several literary genres.

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Dealing with data (I)

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Making the cut

We have too much information to deal with.  What do scientists do?

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Celestial navigation

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Knowing where you are

You can get turn-by-turn directions.  What more do you need?

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Making mistakes

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Is punishing mistakes a mistake?

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A village in space

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Interstellar genetics

A recent paper contemplates a very long voyage.

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How big is your village?

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History gets more distant

An unexpected genetic revolution started about 1850.

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Thermodynamics is unfair

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Cooling is hard

Why did air conditioning appear so long after fire?

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