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23 hours ago7 min read
Back to the Moon? Or Destination Mars? 🚀
NASA’s Artemis program is about to send humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. Or is it? Artemis was set to make...
Feb 135 min read
Outliers: Success and the Luck Factor
What do Bill Gates, The Beatles and Canadian ice hockey stars have in common? Clue: the answer isn’t just that they are phenomenally...
Jan 166 min read
Science Fiction: A Blueprint for Reality?
From space travel to smartphones, many of today’s groundbreaking inventions first appeared in fiction. But beyond predicting new...
Nov 21, 20248 min read
How to Tackle Binary Bias
Messi or Ronaldo? Coke or Pepsi? Republican or Democrat? Whether it’s politics, fan allegiances or opinions on Marmite, we love to frame...
Sep 27, 20227 min read
Can AI Direct Movies?
Spoiler alert: Yes, it’s already happening. Scorsese. Kubrick. Lynch. Anyone with the last name Coppola. Iconic directors invariably have...
Jun 11, 20225 min read
Think Before You Tweet
There’s arguably no emotion more powerful than shame. From an early age, we learn the discomfort brought on by feelings of having done...
May 24, 20224 min read
Reclaiming Val Kilmer's Voice
Going to the cinema in the late 20th century would have been a very different experience without the acting talent of Mr. Val Kilmer....
Nov 6, 20215 min read
TikTok Resumés
In my day job, I’ve been responsible for hundreds – if not thousands – of hires. I’ve read CV after CV, conducted interview after...
Oct 8, 20216 min read
Social Media Censorship
“Covfefe” will forever remain as Donald Trump’s best contribution on social media — the memes that followed were the gift that kept on...
Jul 16, 20216 min read
The Science of Sad Songs
If you’ve ever felt a lump in your throat listening to a piece of music, you’re far from alone. It’s a strange phenomenon — that the soft...
Jun 25, 20215 min read
Is VAR Ruining Football?
Fifty years ago, Joni Mitchell lamented “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone” in her hit single Big Yellow Taxi. She wasn’t...
Mar 20, 20215 min read
Waving Goodbye to Old-School Gestures
In October 2020, The Guardian published a tongue-in-cheek “Pass Notes” article about how young people no longer understand traditional...
Oct 16, 20205 min read
Weird & Wonderful Webcams
A very fishy trend has surfaced since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: a surge in webcam usage. It’s no surprise that webcam usage...
Sep 13, 20204 min read
How AI is Transforming Music
From the creation of Alan Turing’s melody-making machine in 1951 to David Bowie’s digital lyric randomiser, music and artificial...
Aug 14, 20204 min read
Futuristic Fun & Games
Remember the good old days of playing board games? So-called 'family fun', sitting inside on a rainy afternoon with your sibling getting...
Jun 19, 20204 min read
Algorithms & Popular Culture
When we were young, we’d find out what music was popular by tuning into Top of the Pops on a Friday evening, or listening to the chart...
Mar 28, 20206 min read
When Social Media Meets Politics
The UK General Election in December 2019 saw the Labour Party’s worst result since 1935. When the exit poll figures were revealed, I’m...
Nov 16, 20195 min read
Technology in the Movies
Whilst my meeting-packed week often prevents me from watching as many new movies as I’d like to, there are a few greats that are etched...
Oct 18, 20195 min read
Only the Lonely
If you’ve seen Spike Jonze’s 2013 film, Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson, the prospect of forming an intimate and...
Oct 13, 20193 min read
What is Uncanny Valley?
You may have heard of the uncanny valley effect before. It’s a memorable name, that’s for sure, but what does it pertain to? In short,...
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