Technology

August 21, 2019

Robots have replaced millions of American workers. As humanoid robots improve, will they work alongside people — or replace them?

Science & Technology

A cyberattack could wreak destruction comparable to a nuclear weapon

The Conversation

August 16, 2019

While nuclear war is a danger most people are aware of, cyber attacks could potentially be just as dangerous. Find out how escalating attacks on vulnerable infrastructure have some experts worried.

Social media

Hong Kong protesters challenge surveillance with apps and umbrellas

PRI's The World

August 14, 2019

Protesters organize via forums and apps while demanding something that many 19th-century era demonstrators wanted: universal suffrage.

Conflict

Yemeni women activists escape war with the help of a global, underground network

GlobalPost

July 29, 2019

Targeted with arbitrary arrests and detentions in Yemen, women activists escape through Peace Track Initiative, a coordinated network of support that takes referrals on a case-by-case basis depending on the gravity of the threat.

Conflict & Justice

What Western media got wrong about China’s social credit system

PRI's The World

July 29, 2019

Much of the Western media narrative on China's social credit system has been outright false. As part of a collaboration between Wired magazine and The World, we take a look at what the system actually looks like, and how it really works.

Science & Technology

A large asteroid just 'snuck up on us.' Why wasn't it detected sooner?

PRI's The World

July 25, 2019

Kris Stanek monitors the sky for the group All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae, or ASAS-SN, at The Ohio State University. The group observed the giant space rock, known as Asteroid 2019 OK, just before it passed by Earth.

Arts, Culture & Media

How Australia helped show the world the live moon landing

PRI's The World

July 19, 2019

It's thanks to the Parkes Observatory in Australia that people around the world got to see the moon landing on television screens in 1969.

Nuclear

How the race for nuclear power began

Innovation Hub

July 19, 2019

The begging of the nuclear age at the end of World War II happened, in large part, due to fears that Germany would detonate an atomic bomb first. See how the United States pushed itself to become the world's first nuclear power.

Science & Technology

12 lesser-known facts about the Apollo 11 mission

Reuters

July 16, 2019

Fifty years ago, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module and took their first steps on the Moon. Hundreds of millions of people around the world watched history taking place. You've probably seen the famous pictures, but here are some lesser-known facts about the historic mission.