Computing

Which are the next walls to fall in science and society?

The computer has one million processors and 1,200 interconnected circuit boards

Researchers are developing wristbands and apps to predict moods—but the technology has pitfalls as well as promise

A new machine-learning technique mimics the brain’s ability to adapt to new circumstances

How algorithms designed to alleviate poverty can perpetuate it instead

Paying attention to how algorithmic systems impact marginalized people worldwide is key to a just and equitable future

It might sound scary, but the ‘dark web’ is not much different from the rest of the internet

An upcoming “hackathon” is designed to accelerate their use in scientific visualization

Physicists say this futuristic, super-secure network could be useful long before it reaches technological maturity

Falling behind our adversaries would put U.S. and allied intelligence services at a critical disadvantage in their efforts to protect encrypted secrets

More than two million internet respondents pondered dilemmas to consider in letting vehicles make moral choices

A few very brief reports about science and technology from around the globe, including one from Mongolia on horse dentistry.