Could Machine Learning Mean the End of Understanding in Science?
Much to the chagrin of summer party planners, weather is a notoriously chaotic system. Small changes in precipitation, temperature, humidity, wind speed or direction,...
The Astounding Growth of Chinese VC—and the Tech It’s Flowing Into
Over the course of the next month, I will be releasing a series of China-centered articles, leading up to my webinar with Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, one...
Waste Heat: The Overlooked Energy Problem, and How to Solve It
With the exponential increase in the number of data centers and electronic devices over the last decade, waste heat has become a big but...
CAR-T May Be a Silver Bullet Against Cancer—and Here’s What Else It Can Do
CAR-T is the super-soldier serum of cell therapy: you pluck out an immune cell soldier, inject it with a dose of new genes, and...
Laws of Flight: As Drones Take Off, Regulation Lags
In 2014, a drone got tangled in the power lines outside a South Carolina prison carrying a small payload of marijuana and a cellphone....
How the Most Successful Leaders Will Thrive in an Exponential World
We live in challenging times. Geopolitical turmoil, local and national social unrest, cycles of deadly natural disasters, cyber hacks, rising distrust of media and...
Successfully Transplanted Lab-Grown Pig Lungs Take Us Closer to Custom Organs
Being able to grow new organs from a patient's own cells could revolutionize both the safety and availability of transplants. Scientists have now overcome...
Graphene and Beyond: The Astonishing Properties and Promise of 2D Materials
Since graphene was first isolated in 2004, a Nobel Prize-winning feat that sparked a whole new exciting field of materials science research, 2D materials...
This Week’s Awesome Stories From Around the Web (Through August 4)
TECHNOLOGY
Apple Is Worth One Trillion Dollars
Ian Bogost | The Atlantic
"Tech magnates crow too often about 'changing the world,' but this is what it really...
Designing a ‘Solar Tarp,’ a Foldable, Packable Way to Generate Power From the Sun
The energy-generating potential of solar panels—and a key limitation on their use—is a result of what they’re made of. Panels made of silicon are...
In the Future, We’ll Know Everything—Thanks to This Tech
We’re rapidly approaching the era of abundant knowledge—a time when you can know anything you want, anywhere you want, anytime you want. An era...
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