A Lab-Grown Brain Twitched an Isolated Muscle. Here’s Why That’s Amazing
Floating inside a petri dish in a lab at Cambridge University, a single disjointed muscle twitched.
Normally that’s not news. But in this case, the...
Where Should We Draw the Line Between Rejecting and Embracing Black Box AI?
Deep learning is powering some amazing new capabilities, but we find it hard to scrutinize the workings of these algorithms. Lack of interpretability in...
The Electrifying Mission of the First Private Lunar Spacecraft
In September 2007, I was joined on stage by Larry Page, Buzz Aldrin, and the deputy administrator of NASA to announce a $30 million...
The Private Space Industry Is Breaking Out of Earth’s Orbit
Hopes for the first ever privately-funded moon landing were dashed last Thursday after the Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashed on its final descent. But despite...
The Electrifying Mission of the First Private Lunar Spacecraft
In September 2007, I was joined on stage by Larry Page, Buzz Aldrin, and the deputy administrator of NASA to announce a $30 million...
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...
Senolytics Show Promise Against Alzheimer’s in Mice
For the past quarter century, scientists battled Alzheimer’s disease under a single guiding principle: that protein clumps—beta-amyloid—deposited outside sensitive brain cells gradually damage neuronal...
NASA Twins Study Provides New Insight Into How Space Travel Affects Human Health
Thanks to 18 years of humans continuously working on the International Space Station (ISS), we already have a basic idea of what happens to...
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Two Rival AI Approaches Combine to Let Machines Learn Like a Child
Will Knight | MIT Technology Review
"...the hybrid system addresses key limitations of...
AI and Robotics Are Transforming Disaster Relief
During the past 50 years, the frequency of recorded natural disasters has surged nearly five-fold.
In this blog, I’ll be exploring how converging exponential technologies...
The Tangled Web of Turning Spider Silk Into a Super Material
Spider-Man is one of the most popular superheroes of all time. It’s a bit surprising given that one of the more common phobias is...
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