Kilo The Kibble Balance, an exquisitely accurate weighing machineloosens France’s grip on the kiloas it measures mass more accurately. From 1790s, 1 kg = a cylinder of metal (which changes weight as it reacts with air) in a Paris vault. The Kibble, a 1975 British invention, defines weight against the Planck constant, one of…
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Robotics Fretting they’re becoming too human? Instead, guard against humans becoming robotic thinking machines achieving competence without comprehension. How many scientists working on the Manhattan project knew they were creating an atomic bomb? What’s the Word? Series 1 (6/7) [photo: Dossi]