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Highfield
Roger Highfield: 80 per cent executive at the Science Museum Group / 20 per cent author, journalist and broadcaster.
Views expressed here are 100 per cent his own.
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Here are a few of my latest articles. There are more in my archive.
09
Oct
Are grand theories of consciousness a load of cobblers?
Two senior figures in consciousness research think so. Or near enough.
08
Oct
What happens when AI encounters IVF?
This year's Marcus Pembrey BioNews Writing Prize asked young writers to tackle a timely question: how will reproductive science fare in the age of AI?
06
Oct
Happy 70th, New Scientist!
At an event in the Science Museum, I was asked to predict the future of AI. That’s rather tricky when we still can't agree on what intelligence is.
02
Oct
How Science Works: to give AI a quantum advantage, put the kettle on
When a tea break at UCL, a stubborn PhD student and a quantum chip called Garnet taught AI to respect the laws of physics
27
Sep
A Nobel for the Future
The Nobels reward what's already been done. Britain should create a prize of similar stature for what hasn't
24
Sep
“It practically broke me”: on unlocking Stephen Hawking’s life
A father's coded diaries, black holes, a boy who died in the next hospital bed and more from Graham Farmelo’s monumental biography
23
Sep
A Minute With…Graham Farmelo, Stephen Hawking’s official biographer
To mark the publication of Hawking in the UK tomorrow, we had a quick chat
20
Sep
In this age of AI slop, here's what gives me hope
This week's Young Science Writer Award offered a glimpse of something we need more than ever: people who care whether something is actually true
18
Sep
Why do we assume digital machines can reproduce a mind?
Let's talk about digital computers and analogue intelligence
14
Sep
Why Smart people make stupid mistakes
The distinguished neuroscientist Adrian Owen has a new book, Think Before You Think. He discusses why intelligence is not enough, the impact of AI and how we can all think better.