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Facial recognition technology is likely not as safe as you may have thought. This was illustrated by a recent test where 3D printed busts...
Blacklisted in China—Misbehaving Scientists Poised for “Social” Punishment
When Dr. He Jiankui announced the birth of CRISPR-edited babies last month, the world grappled with how to handle the aftermath.
Should journals overlook his...
Are Stablecoins the New and Improved Bitcoin?
PwC, the global consulting and assurance firm, recently signalled its entrance into the cryptocurrency world by announcing a partnership with decentralized lending platform Cred....
5 Major Drug Breakthroughs That Happened in 2018
The pharmaceutical industry churns out dozens of new drugs and biological products every year. Most are small tweaks to something previously approved by the...
How the Spatial Web Will Transform Every Element of Our Careers
What is the future of work? Is our future one of ‘technological socialism’ (where technology is taking care of our needs)? Or is our...
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...
Could an Atlas of the Brain’s Genome Solve Neuropsychiatric Disorders?
Dr. Thomas Lehner was tired of his research repeatedly hitting a wall.
A scientist at the National Institute of Mental Health, Lehner studies the genetic...
Gene Drives Survived a Proposed UN Ban in 2018—What’s Next?
In September 2018, a lab-based study published in Nature Biotechnology confirmed what many had long believed possible. The experiment involved cages of a few...
AI Will Create Millions More Jobs Than It Will Destroy. Here’s How
In the past few years, artificial intelligence has advanced so quickly that it now seems hardly a month goes by without a newsworthy AI...
Why the Future of Solar Power Is from Space
Over seven decades ago in 1941, Isaac Asimov wrote a short story, “Reason” (PDF), in which energy captured from the sun was transmitted via...
The Most Surprising Tech Breakthroughs of 2018
Development across the entire information technology landscape certainly didn’t slow down this year. From CRISPR babies, to the rapid decline of the crypto markets,...
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