Why we should thank pigeons for our AI breakthroughs
In 1943, while the world’s brightest physicists split atoms for the Manhattan Project, the American psychologist B.F. Skinner led his
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The Download: saving the US climate programs, and America’s AI protections are under threat
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The deadly saga of the controversial gene therapy Elevidys
It has been a grim few months for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) community. There had been some excitement when,
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The Download: how to run an LLM, and a history of “three-parent babies”
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A brief history of “three-parent babies”
This week we heard that eight babies have been born in the UK following an experimental form of IVF that
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Turkey Detains 306 People Suspected of Aiding ‘Gulenists’ Balkan Insight Türkiye clamps down on FETÖ on anniversary of coup attempt |
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The Download: combating audio deepfakes, and AI in the classroom
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The Download: a conversation with Karen Hao, and how did life begin?
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Meet Jim O’Neill, the longevity enthusiast who is now RFK Jr.’s right-hand man
When Jim O’Neill was nominated to be the second in command at the US Department of Health and Human Services,
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