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Is having a good parent more important than having good genes?

Is having a good parent more important than having good...

Designing Mobile Phones

Pressing buttons on a mobile phone chooses various functions, as...

1,000 Years of Calculators

In this lecture, Professor of Geometry Harold Thimbleby explores the...

Sexual conflict and the emergence of sexual equality and monogamy

In many species that have adopted promiscuous reproductive strategies, competition...

Designing Microwave Cookers

Children can use gadgets faster than adults. What does this...

The Computer Science of Everyday Things

Moore's Law predicts substantial, sustained improvement in computing power. Yet...

Designing gadgets

Why were video recorders so difficult to use? Is there...

Assessing the Three New Science & Society Commissions

Computer Viruses

Every so often there is a panic when computers succumb...

Modern Crytography

Computers need not just automate what is already being done...