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Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine by W. Daniel Hillis for Physics Today Reprinted with permission from Phys. Today 42(2), 78 (1989). Copyright 1989, American Institute of Physics. Photo by Faustin Bray One day when I was having lunch with...

Edited transcript of a talk given on March 4, 2016, at the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California. I normally spend my time trying to build the future. But I find history really interesting and informative, and I study it quite a lot. Usually...

We’re interdimensional travelers of time and space, Wabewalkers on the go. We’re going to visit a nondescript spot way out in the New Mexico desert between Socorro and Alamogordo, approximately latitude 33 degrees north, longitude 106 degrees west, late...

In August 1945, the United States dropped two atomic bombs: one on Hiroshima, one on Nagasaki. So far, they’re the first and last such weapons used in war. But their legacy lingers — there are now close to 16,000 nuclear warheads deployed around the...

Oops did you  loose your balance, and fall over board? Once upon a time, being assertive meant asking for trouble; today, you most likely need to stop worrying what the neighbors think. you might want to read the  book. On the Origin of Species, For...