Is this the end of the endless frontier?
The last 80 years of American science have been defined by one letter, penned by the president of the United States. In November 1944, President…
Category: Writing
Wendy Schmidt: Three centuries of science is something to celebrate
You’ve heard from my husband, Eric Schmidt, about AI. Now here’s my take.
AI is everywhere, from search engines to text messages to dating profiles to homework, every word we tap prompts an AI to guess our intent.…
The Innerview: Wendy Schmidt
One Saturday morning towards the end of the pandemic, I was late meeting my boat captain for a sail, and getting later. Even though I…
Art and science rely on freedom of thought—and on each other
Last summer, a scientist answered a question that many of us may have mused on: why are birds so colourful? In a study supported in part by…
The last word with Wendy Schmidt
With the emerging tools of AI, machine learning, space telescopes, and so many others, it’s clear that we are just beginning to understand the universe…
Bob Ross is once again ready to help save public media
The indomitably forgiving painter Bob Ross, who assured us that mistakes are simply “happy accidents,” didn’t usually talk politics. But it’s worth remembering when he…
The world’s most influential rising stars: Shantanu Agarwal
A new way to eat: How to fix a food system that leaves us vulnerable and hurts the environment
Everything about the way we make and consume food—from the food packaging, to the placement of products in the grocery store aisles, to the background…
The ocean still holds mysteries. That’s why we must save it.
When the world’s first marine reserves were established in the 1920s, Jacques Cousteau was an adolescent. The deepest we could dive was about 500 ft. Humans were beginning…