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The Segway’s Inventor Has a New Project: Manufacturing Human Organs
The Segway’s Inventor Has a New Project: Manufacturing Human Organs
When the FDA approves lab-grown human organs for patients, Dean Kamen wants to be ready to mass-produce them
Liz Brody
Jun 16, 2020
Why We Aren’t Using UV to Disinfect Everything—Yet
Why We Aren’t Using UV to Disinfect Everything—Yet
Negative perception and costs pose obstacles to a promising technology
Julie Halpert
Jun 14, 2020
How to Get a Covid-19 Vaccine to Everyone
How to Get a Covid-19 Vaccine to Everyone
Developing the vaccine is only the first step
Emily Mullin
May 25, 2020
Drug-Resistant Superbugs May Be Growing Even Deadlier
Drug-Resistant Superbugs May Be Growing Even Deadlier
New evidence suggests rising temperatures are giving drug-resistant pathogens an upper hand
troy farah
May 17, 2020
Training a Neural Network Can Emit More Than 600,000 Pounds of CO2. But Not for Long.
Training a Neural Network Can Emit More Than 600,000 Pounds of CO2. But Not for Long.
A new technique for training and running a neural network, proposed by researchers at MIT, has a much smaller carbon footprint
Drew Costley
May 14, 2020
Quarantined Scientists Are Turning the Internet Into Their Laboratory
Quarantined Scientists Are Turning the Internet Into Their Laboratory
Creative approaches to research allow science to continue during the pandemic
Hannah Thomasy
May 12, 2020
An Engineered Virus Could Cure Color Blindness
An Engineered Virus Could Cure Color Blindness
Scientists are testing gene therapy in people who see in monochrome
Emily Mullin
May 11, 2020
Ticket, Passport, Blood Sample: Soon You’ll Have to Prove Your Health to Everyone
Ticket, Passport, Blood Sample: Soon You’ll Have to Prove Your Health to Everyone
Get ready for Gattaca
David Leibowitz
Apr 28, 2020
People Are Future-Proofing Their Homes With… Straw
People Are Future-Proofing Their Homes With… Straw
Straw bale wall systems stand up to fire twice as long than those built with standard materials
Drew Costley
Apr 26, 2020
‘Immunity Passports’ Could Create a New Category of Privilege
‘Immunity Passports’ Could Create a New Category of Privilege
Proof of a prior infection could come with more freedom
Emily Mullin
Apr 23, 2020
When Climate Disasters Hit the Covid-Stricken South, Poor POC Will Suffer Most
When Climate Disasters Hit the Covid-Stricken South, Poor POC Will Suffer Most
And they’re on the way right now
Drew Costley
Apr 22, 2020
Medical Researchers Worry Silicon Valley Could Screw Up Psychedelics
Medical Researchers Worry Silicon Valley Could Screw Up Psychedelics
Entrepreneurs are hoping psychedelics will follow marijuana’s path to the lifestyle industry, but researchers aren’t sure that’s a good…
Tessa Love
Apr 21, 2020
Even During a Pandemic, Environmental Racism Continues
Even During a Pandemic, Environmental Racism Continues
In the midst of the pandemic, a planned demolition sent up clouds of pollution in the “Mexico of the Midwest”
Drew Costley
Apr 15, 2020
An MIT Lab Is Building Devices to Hack Your Dreams
An MIT Lab Is Building Devices to Hack Your Dreams
From improving your mood to focusing your creativity, scientists at MIT’s Dream Lab want to prove the power of dreams
Tessa Love
Apr 12, 2020
Coronavirus Will Destroy Years of Scientific Progress
Coronavirus Will Destroy Years of Scientific Progress
Scientists all over the world have to put their research on hold due to coronavirus and their work could be lost forever
Drew Costley
Apr 8, 2020
The Key to Tracking Coronavirus Could Be Your Poo
The Key to Tracking Coronavirus Could Be Your Poo
Sewage surveillance could help scientists predict new outbreaks
troy farah
Apr 5, 2020
Even Lab-Grown Meat Won’t Save Us From a ‘Terrible Reckoning’
Even Lab-Grown Meat Won’t Save Us From a ‘Terrible Reckoning’
Historically, meat consumption has driven violence, colonialism, and war. Will the stuff cultivated in a lab be any different?
Will Meyer
Mar 29, 2020
Hundreds of Volunteers Are Working to Create Open-Source Ventilators to Fight Coronavirus
Hundreds of Volunteers Are Working to Create Open-Source Ventilators to Fight Coronavirus
The goal is to create 1 million devices that cost less than $200 and operate with little to no power
Melanie Ehrenkranz
Mar 27, 2020
A Free Email Service Broke the News of the Coronavirus in 2019
A Free Email Service Broke the News of the Coronavirus in 2019
ProMED had previously spotted outbreaks of MERS, Zika, and Ebola
Chris Baraniuk
Mar 25, 2020
The Coronavirus Is Already Changing the Way We Think About Scientific Cooperation
The Coronavirus Is Already Changing the Way We Think About Scientific Cooperation
Viruses ‘cooperate.’ To keep up, scientists are, too.
Ella Fassler
Mar 24, 2020
We May Finally Be Able to Destroy a Dreaded ‘Forever Chemical’ in Our Drinking Water
We May Finally Be Able to Destroy a Dreaded ‘Forever Chemical’ in Our Drinking Water
Compounds once thought indestructible were successfully broken down
Drew Costley
Mar 23, 2020
The World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer Has Entered the Fight Against Coronavirus
The World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer Has Entered the Fight Against Coronavirus
The IBM-built Summit has found a list of promising drugs for Covid-19
Emily Mullin
Mar 17, 2020
It’s Time to Resurrect the Airship Hospitals
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 15, 2020
2020 Could Be ‘Humanity’s Finest Hour’: Why a Former Climate Leader Is Hopeful Despite Everything
2020 Could Be ‘Humanity’s Finest Hour’: Why a Former Climate Leader Is Hopeful Despite Everything
A Q&A with Christiana Figueres, climate champion and architect of the Paris accord
Hope Reese
Mar 15, 2020
The Community Labs Built on Silicon Valley’s Junk
The Community Labs Built on Silicon Valley’s Junk
Trash from biotech startups are citizen scientists’ treasure
Drew Costley
Mar 15, 2020
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