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Decoding the CRISPR-baby stories
The conventional story of CRISPR genome editing is one of heroic power and promise with an element of peril. That peril became personified when MIT Technology Review’s Antonio Regalado revealed in November 2018 that a young...
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We asked Bill Gates, a Nobel laureate and others to name the most effective way to combat climate change
Despite decades of warnings and increasingly devastating disasters, we’ve still made little...
Read MoreDid the coronavirus leak from a lab? These scientists say we shouldn’t rule it out.
Nikolai Petrovsky was scrolling through social media after a day on the ski slopes when reports describing a mysterious cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, caught his eye. It was early January 2020, and Petrovsky, an...
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A mouse embryo has been grown in an artificial womb—humans could be next
The photographs alone tell a fantastic story—a mouse embryo, complete with beating heart cells, a...
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Inside Netflix’s Indian Gambit
One afternoon before the pandemic, I went to a decommissioned hospital in West London to meet the...
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The science and technology that can help save the ocean
Here on Earth, we have more detailed maps of Mars than of our own ocean, and that’s a problem. A...
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Building customer relationships with conversational AI
We’ve all been there. “Please listen to our entire menu as our options have changed. Say or press...
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Product design gets an AI makeover
Engineers are under unprecedented pressure to build products that are used by thousands, if not...
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The future of work is uniquely human
The disruptive shifts of 2020, including covid-19 shutdowns that led to millions of workers...
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Preparing for AI-enabled cyberattacks
Cyberattacks continue to grow in prevalence and sophistication. With the ability to disrupt...
Read MoreNASA’s next lunar rover will run open-source software
In 2023, NASA will launch VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover), which that will trek across the surface of the moon and hunt for water ice that could one day be used to make rocket fuel. The rover will be...
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How to stop AI from recognizing your face in selfies
Uploading personal photos to the internet can feel like letting go. Who else will have access to...
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