Loyal readers of the monthly "Universe" essays in Natural History magazine have long recognized Neil deGrasse Tyson's talent for guiding them through the mysteries of the cosmos with clarity and enthusiasm. Bringing together more than forty of...
Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence: a machine capable of beating the reigning human champion at this...
Das große Epos der Kriegsgefangenschaft: Mitten in der Hölle des Plenni-lagers sucht ein Arzt die Würde seines Berufs, die Würde des Menschen zu wahren. Vor dem Hintergrund des riesigen Lagers von Stalingrad spielt sich das...
For centuries scientists believed that the universe was a vast machine – with enough detail, you could predict exactly what would happen. Admittedly real life wasn’t like that. But only, they argued, because we didn’t have enough data to be...