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A Massachusetts bill could allow prisoners to swap their organs for their freedom

Doctors routinely ask would-be donors about their health, well-being, and ability to look after themselves and whether they smoke or take recreational drugs. These factors will affect not only whether their organs... Read more »

How Indian health-care workers use WhatsApp to save pregnant women

Over the past five years, Patil has trained hundreds of ASHAs from different states to use WhatsApp to debunk false information.  Maya Patil, an ASHA from Maharashtra’s Kutwad village, says she’s noticed... Read more »

The Download: CRISPR crops, and busting renewables myths

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Remember Amazon’s drone delivery program?It’s still struggling to take off. (The Information $) 2 These videos... Read more »

Busting three myths about materials and renewable energy

In the show, a band of special-effects pros tested out myths from TV shows or popular knowledge, like: Can a snowplow flip a car over? Can you fly using fireworks? Are elephants... Read more »

How CRISPR could help save crops from devastation caused by pests

Less than a decade after it was first identified in California, an invasive insect called the glassy-winged sharpshooter had turned the bacterium that causes Pierce’s from a nuisance to a nightmare. The... Read more »

Tackling huge challenges together

About the speakers Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, Lead Scientist, COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Development; Assistant Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett was the scientific lead of the Vaccine Research... Read more »

Three ways networking services simplify network management

Networking services can ease network management in nearly every industry. That’s important because highly functioning networks are adding tremendous value to organizations. Three technology benefits illustrate this exciting promise—and showcase how networking... Read more »

The Download: risks to Reddit, and the potential return of the dodo

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 OpenAI has released a tool that detects AI-generated textUnfortunately, it’s not very good. (WSJ $)+ The... Read more »

Who gets to be a tech entrepreneur in China?

I recently talked about this with Lin Zhang, assistant professor of communications and media studies at the University of New Hampshire and author of a new book: The Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship... Read more »

How the Supreme Court ruling on Section 230 could end Reddit as we know it

But another big issue is at stake that has received much less attention: depending on the outcome of the case, individual users of sites may suddenly be liable for run-of-the-mill content moderation.... Read more »