Like the loom, AI may turn the job market upside down. And enable new technologies and jobs that we simply can’t predict. In the early 19th century, the invention of the loom threatened to turn the ...

The computer, at its core, is an input-output device: it receives instructions, executes programmes, performs calculations automatically and produces results. Unearthed in 2012 from a tomb dated to ...

Singapore-based Loom Carbon and independent scientific research institute RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, have announced a research collaboration designed to scale Loom’s ...

Anne Schramm, the founder of the Wommelsdorff label, says machinery is never used in the creation of its sweaters and accessories. By Heike Blümner Reporting from Berlin In 2011, Anne Schramm left a ...

The internet is good for plenty of things, but perhaps its most underrated value is its ability to turn an absolute nothingburger of a question into a worldwide search for truth. Case in point: the ...

As you may recall from my recent analysis of the 2024 Doximity compensation report, doctor pay is decreasing in real terms. That's a problem given that the same report indicated the large majority of ...

Poverty dropped last year nationwide and in 38 states, according to census estimates released Thursday. But since that decrease was recorded in mid-2024, more people have signed up for the ...

Hank Green’s latest SciShow video, "Physicists Don’t Understand Why Knitting Works," sparked frustration among knitters online. The episode explored how physicists study knit fabrics, but many viewers ...

People walk into a New York City grocery store that accepts food stamps. The poverty rate declined last year, but participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known ...

Certain cancers in the U.S. are rising more than others, a new report found. A sweeping new report from the American Cancer Society suggests cancer will likely be the leading cause of early deaths ...