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A Nasty Virus That Infects Bacteria Could Be Key to Improved Gene Therapies

Gene therapies could revolutionize medicine, but getting them into peoples' bodies is harder than it might seem. A new method that re-purposes viruses that...

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Welcome to the New Surreal. How AI-Generated Video Is Changing Film. Will Douglas Heaven | MIT Technology Review "The Frost nails its uncanny, disconcerting vibe...

JetZero’s Next-Gen Aircraft Could Change How We Fly for the First Time in Decades

Air travel is a major source of carbon emissions, accounting for about 2.4 percent of global emissions each year. There are a range of...

Did Life Evolve More Than Once? Researchers Are Closing In on an Answer

From its humble origin(s), life has infected the entire planet with endless beautiful forms. The genesis of life is the oldest biological event, so...

There’s Such a Thing as Vegan Fat Now, and It’s Being Used to Make Pork Belly

For several years now, we’ve been able to go to grocery stores or restaurants and buy all sorts of products made from plants in...

First-of-Its-Kind Gene Therapy Can Be Applied to Skin Instead of Injected

Sunburns are terrible. The skin blisters and peels. Even a light brush from putting on clothes or tucking into bed sheets is agony. Now imagine...

Gravitational Wave Detector LIGO Is Finally Back Online With Exciting Upgrades to Make It Way More Sensitive

After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the US have just turned on detectors capable of measuring gravitational waves—tiny ripples in space itself that travel...

This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 27)

COMPUTING IBM Wants to Build a 100,000-Qubit Quantum Computer Michael Brooks | MIT Technology Review "Late last year, IBM took the record for the largest quantum computing...
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Generative AI Reconstructs Videos People Are Watching by Reading Their Brain Activity

The ability of machines to read our minds has been steadily progressing in recent years. Now, researchers have used AI video generation technology to...

Can 3D-Printed Homes Be Built for Under $99,000? ICON Wants You to Figure It Out

From Kenya to Mexico, Texas, and beyond, 3D-printed houses are starting to go up all over the world. Besides providing a durable and aesthetically...

Virtual Reality Could Soon Include Smells Thanks to New Wireless Scent Interface

Virtual reality experiences depend on goggles and headphones, transporting wearers to new places using sight and sound. Be it a peaceful meadow where the...

ChatGPT Can’t Think—Consciousness Is Something Entirely Different to Today’s AI

There has been shock around the world at the rapid rate of progress with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence created with what’s known as...

Silicon Valley Is Reviving the Dream of General-Purpose Humanoid Robots

Robots are nothing new. They build our cars, vacuum our floors, prepare our e-commerce orders, and even help carry out surgeries. But now the...

Earth Will Likely Dodge ‘Planet Killer’ Asteroids for the Next 1,000 Years

To those who study existential risk, the list of threats is lengthening. If nuclear war doesn't end us, a designer virus or AI might....

This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 20)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ChatGPT Is Already Obsolete Matteo Wong | The Atlantic "Language-only models such as the original ChatGPT are now giving way to machines that can also...

Quantum Biology Could Revolutionize Our Understanding of How Life Works

Imagine using your cell phone to control the activity of your own cells to treat injuries and disease. It sounds like something from the...

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