CRISPR CRISPR used to build dual-core computers inside human cellsnewatlas.com - Michael Irving The CRISPR gene-editing system is usually known for helping scientists treat genetic diseases, but the technology has a whole range of possible uses …
Neurophilosophy Pig brains partially revived hours after death—what it means for peopleNational Geographic - Michael GreshkoScience & Innovation In a feat sure to fire up ethical and philosophical debate, a new system has restored circulation and oxygen flow to a dead mammal brain. Science & Innovation 8 Minute Read By Michael
CRISPR First U.S. Patients Treated With CRISPR As Human Gene-Editing Trials Get UnderwayNPR - Rob SteinThe powerful gene-editing technique called CRISPR has been in the news a lot. And not all the news has been good: A Chinese scientist stunned the world last year when he announced he had used CRISPR to
Science NASA sent mice into space, and the results are unintentionally hilariousbgr.com - Mike Wehner At some point in the not-so-distant future, NASA and other space groups around the world will begin embarking on manned missions deeper into our …
Play buttonTypography Helvetica, the world’s most famous typeface, gets a makeoverFast Company - Mark WilsonHelvetica is one of the most popular typefaces on the planet. Here’s why Monotype decided to remake it. Helvetica was dreamed up as a universal typeface in 1957 and it’s still incredibly popular –you it
Framing How To Frame A Problem To Find The Right SolutionForbes - Paloma Cantero-Gomez‘If I have an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about the solution’ (Albert Einstein) Are we sure we are working on the right problem? Are
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMachine Learning 5 Awesome AI Experiences You Can Test Out in Your Browser Right NowGizmodo - David Nield Artificial intelligence is already everywhere, and its influence is growing. It can be hard to get your head around exactly what AI does and how it …
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15 top thinkers predict the biggest tech breakthroughs in our lifetimeWired UK - WIRED STR/AFP/Getty Images Predicting the future depends on your outlook. Will we be flying to Mars courtesy of Elon Musk and co., or will air travel have …
Science What are the wiggly things I see in my eyes when I look at the sky?sciencefocus.com - Emma Davies When looking up at a blue sky, many people see tiny dots in their field of vision that follow squiggly lines. These move in sync with our pulse, …
Science Gene-Editing Record Smashed With Over 13,000 Changes Made to a Single Human CellGizmodo - George Dvorsky Using a modified version of CRISPR, a team of geneticists has successfully triggered 13,200 genetic changes to a single human cell. That’s a new …
News England could run short of water within 25 yearsThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorEngland is set to run short of water within 25 years, the chief executive of the Environment Agency has warned. The country is facing the ‘‘jaws of death”, Sir James Bevan said, at the point where water
People Want to Know About Algorithms—but Not Too MuchWIRED - Kartik Hosanagar One fine summer morning, you show up for a scheduled appointment for your regular checkup at the highly rated local health clinic. You walk in …
Play buttonBoston University Scientists have discovered a shape that blocks all sound–even your co-workersFast Company - Mark WilsonOffices and tiny apartments could be transformed by the work of Boston University researchers, who recently unveiled an “acoustic metamaterial” that blocks all sound. A team of Boston University researchers
University of Oxford Can AI become conscious? Bach, Escher and Gödel's 'strange loops' may have the answerThe Guardian - Marcus du SautoyThis year is the 40th anniversary of the publication of one of the cult books of my generation: Gödel Escher Bach by Douglas Hofstadter. This Pulitzer prize-winning tome was essential reading in the 1980s
Play button How Did The Universe Expand To 46 Billion Light-Years In Just 13.8 Billion Years?Forbes - Ethan SiegelIf the Universe is 13.8 billion years old, and the speed of light is truly our cosmic speed limit, how far away should we be able to see? The answer seems obvious: 13.8 billion light-years, since a light-year
Dividing 1 by 998,001 Yields a Very Strange Decimalcuriosity.com - Austin Jesse Mitchell Math lovers uncovered something strange going on with the number 998,001. If you divide 1 by 998,001, the resulting decimal number will give you …
Play button The decoy effect: how you are influenced to choose without really knowing ittheconversation.com - Gary Mortimer Price is the most delicate element of the marketing mix, and much thought goes into setting prices to nudge us towards spending more. There’s one …
Calculus Understanding Math Rather Than Merely Learning Ithackaday.com - by: Al Williams There’s a line from the original Star Trek where Khan says, “Improve a mechanical device and you may double productivity, but improve man and you …
is face-generating AI at its creepiestTNW - Tristan GreeneThe most impressive magic trick AI‘s learned in the modern era is the one where it conjures people out of thin air. And there’s no better machine learning-powered wizardry than Nvidia‘s. Nvidia is a company
The Opportunity rover is deadMashable - Mark KaufmanThe Opportunity rover is dead, at age 15. After spending over 5,000 Martian days rumbling through the inhospitable red desert planet, NASA acknowledged on Wednesday that its sun-powered exploration rover
Google translate is a manifestation of Wittgenstein language theoryQuartz - Olivia GoldhillMore than 60 years after philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s theories on language were published, the artificial intelligence behind Google Translate has provided a practical example of his hypotheses. Hebron,
Long-form Journalism AR Will Spark the Next Big Tech Platform—Call It MirrorworldWIRED - Kevin Kelly Every December, Adam Savage—star of the TV show MythBusters—releases a video reviewing his “favorite things” from the previous year. In 2018, one of …
Play buttonArtificial Intelligence Here's What Happened When IBM's Advanced AI Machine Challenged An International Debate ChampionForbes - Carmine GalloAristotle broke ground by claiming that the art of persuasion—rhetoric—can be learned. Although Aristotle was right, he may never have envisioned a day when a machine could also be taught to argue. It
There’s a serious philosophical argument supporting the man suing his parents for giving birth to himQuartz - By Olivia GoldhillA man is suing his parents for giving birth to him without his consent. That might sound ridiculous, but he has a point. The plaintiff behind the lawsuit, 27-year-old Raphael Samuel, believes in “anti-natalism,”
AI technology could turn thoughts into speechsciencefocus.com - Helen Glenny Forget touchscreens – mind-reading machines are on the way. Researchers at Columbia University have built a system that can turn your thoughts into …
Play button Feel the beep: This album is played entirely on a PC motherboard speakerTechCrunch - Devin ColdeweyIf you’re craving a truly different sound with which to slay the crew this weekend, look no further than System Beeps, a new album by shiru8bit — though you may have to drag your old 486 out of storage
Memory Loss Caused by Alzheimer’s Can Be Restored: Studythequint.com - IANS Researchers have developed a novel approach that may one day make it possible to reverse memory loss, caused by Alzheimer's disease. The team, led by …
Ancient Egypt Colorful Chart Reveals Evolution of English Alphabet From Egyptian HieroglyphicsMy Modern Met - Emma TaggartMost of us use the letters of the alphabet everyday, but did you ever stop to wonder how their shapes came to be? The history of the alphabet is fascinating, and each of the 26 letters has its own unique
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