Can a Robot Do Your Job? It’s hard to grasp the scale of the robot revolution that is slowly eating away at the human workforce. A video by CGP Grey, a Youtube user who makes short explanatory videos, helps put things in perspective. This…
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Animals
Court Declares Captive Orangutan Is “Non-Human Person”
An Argentinian court has decided that a Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) named Sandra is a non-human person with rights, and will no longer be held captive in the Buenos Aires zoo where she has lived for the last 20 years.…
Climate Change: Why the Threat Produces Apathy, Not Action
Many people aren’t responding to mounting evidence of the huge impacts of climate change. Neuroscience helps explain why – and the key role that businesses can play in responding rationally. Voter behavior has long held mysteries for both politicians and…