This Week’s Awesome Stories From Around the Web (Through February 9)
AUTOMATION
The Rise of the Robot Reporter
Jaclyn Paiser | The New York Times
"In addition to covering company earnings for Bloomberg, robot reporters have been prolific...
How New 2D Materials Convert Wi-Fi Signals to Electricity
Our eyes are only attuned to a narrow band of possible wavelengths for electromagnetic radiation, between around 390-700 nanometers. If you could see the...
Marshmello’s Fortnite Performance Hints at the Mindblowing Potential for Huge Shared Virtual Events
An interesting moment at the intersection of digital entertainment, virtual reality, music, and gaming took place this past weekend. It may be remembered as...
Controversial ‘Gene Drives’ Just Worked in Mammals for the First Time
The phrase “gene drive” often sends a shudder down a scientist’s spine: one of awe, dread, and wonder.
Tiny snippets of engineered DNA, gene drives...
To Extend Our Longevity, First We Must Understand Why We Age
Healthcare today is reactive, retrospective, bureaucratic, and expensive. It's sick care, not healthcare.
But that is radically changing at an exponential rate.
Through this multi-part blog series...
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...
This AI Can Tell Your Age by Analyzing Your Gut Microbiome
The plethora of bacteria and other tiny organisms that live in your gut, often referred to as the gut microbiome, don’t just help you...
Neuroscientists Just Found a Way to Image the Brain 1,000 Times Faster Than Ever...
You know those stories of scientific breakthroughs, in which the lone genius scientist struggles for years until his “eureka!” moment?
Yeah, that’s a lie.
With the...
Will These Massive Geoengineering Projects Fix the Earth—or Break It?
From planting continent-long forests to inducing rainfall, researchers have begun proposing, testing, and in some cases implementing large-scale geoengineering projects to radically transform the...
This Week’s Awesome Stories From Around the Web (Through February 2)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The World's Fastest Supercomputer Breaks an AI Record
Tom Simonite | Wired
"Summit, which occupies an area equivalent to two tennis courts, used more than...
How Genome Sequencing and Senolytics Can Help Us Live Healthier, Longer
The causes of aging are extremely complex and unclear. With the dramatic demonetization of genome reading and editing over the past decade, and Big Pharma,...
