OpinionMay 26, 2020
Robert May (1936–2020) and the Future of Scientific Research
He was utterly unpretentious, without guile or dissimulation, and candid to the point of tactlessness—qualities in unfortunately short supply today
Stories by Edward Tenner
Edward Tenner, author of "Why Things Bite Back: New Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences" and "Our Own Devices: How Technology Remakes Humanity," is a visiting researcher at Rutgers and Princeton universities and the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center.
TechnologyNovember 24, 2015
Why People Stick With Outdated Technology
Sony's announcement that it will no longer make Betamax videocassettes raises the obvious question: what took them so long?