Michael Byrne
michael.byrne@vice.comHow to Harness Data Science for Experimental Creative Writing
NYU professor Allison Parrish describes a new frontier in marrying textual analysis and poetry.
Unselfish People Are More Likely to Wind Up With Depression
New research links elevated responses to unfairness to later appearance of depression markers.
China Is Another Step Closer to Building a Quantum Internet
China's quantum satellite just facilitated the first intercontinental video call secured using quantum encryption.
Physicists Imagine a Supercomputer Based on ‘Magic Dust’
If it scales, the polariton-based computer could leave everything else in the ... dust.
New MIT Tool Automatically Rewrites Old Code for New Software
But take heart: It still requires human developers.
Scientists Tell Us What Would Happen If North Korea Detonated a Hydrogen Bomb Underwater
North Korea’s underwater nuclear test seems more and more likely—but what happens after the bomb goes off?
US Collider Appears to Produce Just a Drip of Theorized Low-Energy Quark Soup
Astrophysicists at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider come closer to understanding the milliseconds following the Big Bang.
New System Knows How Hard You’re Thinking Based on Thermal Imaging
No privacy implications here. Move along.
Cities Are Competing to Give Amazon the ‘Mother of All Civic Giveaways’
“Amazon has made securing public handouts a core part of its business strategy from the very beginning.”
New Analysis Suggests That Commercial Quantum Computers Are Kinda Slow
D-Wave's quantum annealers face a fundamental limitation when it comes to scaling: temperature.
New Supernova Analysis Questions Dark Energy, Cosmic Acceleration
Timescape cosmology offers a way around one of the universe's best mysteries.
In the Era of ‘Prosthetic Intelligence,’ the Right to Remain Silent Is the Right To Encryption
Self-incrimination has taken on a new, dangerous meaning, according to researchers.