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The undercurrents of the future. A Medium publication about tech and science.

It’s Time to Resurrect the Airship Hospitals

An idea devised to beat the tuberculosis pandemic 100 years ago could apply to coronavirus

Bill Gourgey

Mar 16

7 min read

The Community Labs Built on Silicon Valley’s Junk

Trash from biotech startups are citizen scientists’ treasure

Drew Costley

Mar 16

6 min read

Act as if You’re Really There

What learning to speak remotely teaches us about how to compensate for the coming era of social distancing

Douglas Rushkoff

Mar 16

7 min read

Coronavirus School Closures Reveal a Stark Digital Divide

An education expert weighs in on the current crisis

Ana Homayoun

Mar 16

5 min read

2020 Could Be ‘Humanity’s Finest Hour’

A Q&A with Christiana Figueres, climate champion and architect of the Paris accord

Hope Reese

Mar 16

8 min read

Amazon Is Selling Its Cashierless Checkout to Other Stores — What Happens to the Data?

Automatically charging customers involves far more tracking data than what is collected by a security camera

Eric Ravenscraft

We Asked an A.I. to Write a Column for Us. The Results Were Wild.

GPT-210, as we call it, has some serious writing chops

Damon Beres

Computer Scientists Are Building Algorithms to Tackle COVID-19

Algorithms that can detect infections, differentiate COVID-19 from the common flu, and more

Dave Gershgorn

You Can Help Fight Coronavirus by Giving Scientists Access to Your Computer

Stanford’s Folding@home will use distributed computing to help develop COVID-19 drugs

Sarvesh Mathi

Folding Smartphones May Fix Your Distracted Mind

They’re slightly less efficient, and that’s a good thing

Angela Lashbrook

I Did a 24-Hour Dopamine Fast and I Felt Everything, Not Nothing

A day of nothing flipped my brain into a low-energy mode

Steve Rousseau

Coronavirus Google Searches Could Save Lives

Buying ads in a pandemic

Patrick Berlinquette

It’s the Beginning of the End for Independent YouTubers

As studios pump out the type of content the site originally intended to subvert, the barrier to success rises

Chris Stokel-Walker

Why the Web Isn’t Working for Women and Girls

Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee says we must all address this dangerous trend

Tim Berners-Lee

Coronavirus Is a Preview of Our Self-Isolating Future

How working from home could reshape society

Will Oremus

Scams Promising to Kill Coronavirus Spread on Crowdfunding Platforms

Persistent efforts will be required as sellers discover new ways to covertly market their goods

Sarah Emerson

Your DNA Test Could Crack a Cold Case

A new era of law enforcement is here

Emily Mullin

OK Google, Black History Month Is Over. What Now?

A commercial and four flawed algorithms

Gabrielle Rejouis

This Is the Ad Clearview AI Used to Sell Your Face to Police

Emails obtained by OneZero reveal the controversial company’s marketing to law enforcement

Dave Gershgorn

How to Build the Speedy Home Wi-Fi Network of Your Dreams

You might even have some fun while you’re at it

Owen Williams

How Elon Musk’s Neuralink Will Read Your Mind

Science has come a long way since I first held a brain in my hand

Thomas Smith

Is Uber or Lyft Better?

Most consider the two companies’ services to be interchangeable, but there are still some big differences

Harry Campbell

How ‘Smart Tech’ Masks an Emerging Era of Corporate Control

‘Smart tech’ is a buzzword that’s been applied to everything from toothbrushes to TVs — and the cute marketing helps hide what’s really…

Jathan Sadowski

A Battery Breakthrough Could End Lithium-Ion’s Reign

Potassium batteries are coming for the throne

Yasmin Tayag

A Shot of CRISPR Could Restore Sight to the Blind

It’s the first time the gene-editing tool has been used inside the human body

Emily Mullin

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