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Will You Genetically Enhance Your Offspring?
Well, this might make more sense than scheming to get kids into the right university when they haven't even…
Machine Learning Yields an Unprecedented View of Small Molecules
Researchers expect a new machine-learning model to identify small molecules for such applications as medicine, drug…
Will You Go to Pleistocene Park to See a Woolly Mammoth? Should You?
I just read a fascinating article in the MIT Technology Review by Antonio Regalado, "How much would you pay to see…
Balding? Help on the Horizon with AI
Artificial intelligence is finding its way into numerous fields, including hair loss. Alopecia affects both men and…
Tiny Swimming Robots Attack Pneumonia
UC San Diego nanoengineers developed microrobots that swim around in lungs, deliver meds, and can clear up…
Newer Math: A Study Overturns 100-year-old Understanding of Color Perception
Moving away from the 3D mathematical description developed by Schrödinger and others on how we see color could…
Want to Lower Your Risk for Dementia? Get a Hobby.
A new meta-analysis on the effects of cognitive, leisure, physical, and social activities is in the August 10,…
Bioengineered Cornea Brings Sight to the Blind
As of 2021, 43 million people worldwide are blind, and 295 million have moderate-to-severe visual impairment. Of…
Brain Drain: Why Thinking Hard Is Hard
Have you ever felt exhausted after an intense mental day at work? After an exam at school? Researchers have new…
Process and Tasks Change? This Circuit Helps You Notice
Virtually everything involves processes. When they evolve, you need to stay on top of them. We need an easy way to…