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Meet the man building a starter kit for civilization

With a bachelor’s degree from Princeton and a doctorate in physics from the University of Wisconsin, Jakubowski had spent most of his life in school. While his peers kick-started their shiny new... Read more »

The Download: Big Tech’s carbon removals plans, and the next wave of nuclear reactors

MIT Technology Review Narrated: Inside the strange limbo facing millions of IVF embryos Millions of embryos created through IVF sit frozen in time, stored in tanks around the world. The number is... Read more »

Future-proofing business capabilities with AI technologies

Much of the momentum is being driven by two related forces: the rise of AI agents and the rapid democratization of AI tools. AI agents, whether designed for automation or assistance, are... Read more »

AI is changing how we quantify pain

PainChek was cleared by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration in 2017, and national rollout funding from Canberra helped embed it in hundreds of nursing homes in the country. The system has also won... Read more »

The quest to find out how our bodies react to extreme temperatures

Similar trends have appeared in cold climes. Researchers often measure cold tolerance by a person’s “brown adipose,” a type of fat that is specialized for generating heat (unlike white fat, which primarily... Read more »

Big Tech’s big bet on a controversial carbon removal tactic

BECCS is also substantially less expensive for buyers than, say, direct air capture, with weighted average prices of $210 a ton compared with $490 among the deals to date, according to CDR.fyi.... Read more »

The Download: aging clocks, and repairing the internet

1 California’s AI safety bill has been signed into law   It holds AI companies legally accountable if their chatbots fail to protect users. (TechCrunch)+ It also requires chatbots to remind young users that... Read more »

Can we repair the internet?

Breaking up Big Tech through antitrust laws would hinder innovation, says Clegg, arguing that the idea “completely ignores the benefits users gain from large network effects.” Users stick with these outsize channels... Read more »

How aging clocks can help us understand why we age—and if we can reverse it

How to be young again Two little mice lie side by side, anesthetized and unconscious, as Jim White prepares his scalpel. The animals are of the same breed but look decidedly different.... Read more »

Transforming commercial pharma with agentic AI 

The need for personalization extends to sales and marketing operations too as pharma companies are increasingly needing to compete for the attention of health-care professionals (HCPs). Estimates suggest that biopharmas were able... Read more »