Technologies of the court, 1450-1600 -- Techniques of commerce, 1588-1740 -- Geographies of industry, 1740-1851 -- Instruments of empire, 1840-1914 -- Science and systems, 1870-1930 -- Materials of ...

In Technology and the Environment in History, the authors discuss the important topics, historical processes, and scholarly concerns that have emerged from recent work in thinking about envirotech.

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China’s sun-scorched plains: “Heaven has gone blind!” Thousands of starving farmers, their faces smeared with ox blood, marched toward ...

A computer, at its simplest, is a sophisticated input and outlet machine. But there is only so much it can do. It can't print a document on a piece of paper — there's a dedicated machine for that. A ...

There have been many questions arising around the potential returns seen from artificial intelligence and generative AI. As we reported here last month, there is growing nervousness among board-level ...

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Like many cultural holidays Indigenous Peoples' Day has become more than a simple holiday with bank closures; it's a reclamation of identity, culture and justice. What are the best ways Indigenous ...

History also shows that technology doesn’t distribute its rewards automatically. Machines can increase productivity while workers still lose wages, security, or control. A new tool may make society ...

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In these modern empires, we see the same four key influences on their cycles of growth and inequality—technology, institutions, politics and social norms—but playing out at an ever-faster rate. As the ...