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Scientists are already mapping this wiring in simpler animals. Two years ago, Seung took part in analyzing a fly brain that had been cut into paper-thin sheets and imaged with an electron... Read more »

Now, a $73 million DARPA effort aims to create shelf-stable versions of plasma, platelets, and red blood cells. The idea is to develop dried blood products that can be stored for long... Read more »

The product, called ErythroMer, is essentially a new kind of HBOC. The membrane prevents breakdown, limits dangerous scavenging of nitric oxide, and also helps the hemoglobin take up and release oxygen. Each... Read more »

Autonomy will be there right from the start. NASA’s new version of the moon buggy, its Lunar Terrain Vehicle, can be driven by the astronauts riding in it but can also be... Read more »

Subscribers can now access the full 10 Climate Tech Companies to Watch, spanning everything from sustainable cement to shipping containers packed with old EV batteries.  The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to... Read more »

But it would be a vast oversimplification to deem open models dangerous and closed models safe. The defenses that AI companies build around their closed models are far from perfect, and people... Read more »

SimpleClosure added data sales to its services in April. Its Asset Hub platform helps founders sell their code and workspace data—emails, chats, documents. Buyers include foundation AI labs, vendors that construct simulated... Read more »

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 An Anthropic AI model submitted a fake tip about an unsolved murderThe tip was in a... Read more »