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One of CRISPR-cas9’s inventors has just announced the arrival of an inexpensive, portable diagnostic tool: SHERLOCK.
Stanford University is offering medical trainees a real-time virtual tour through heart defects.
The program picked up association biases nearly identical to those seen in human subjects.
A new genetic test could improve the palm oil industry and reduce deforestation.
When we think about a long-term solution to our energy needs, none of today’s options are this good. “I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would […]
The belief that things will be better in the future is called optimism bias. Being overly optimistic can lead you to miss an important health check up or make bad financial decisions.
Luck doesn't receive enough credit.
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Life is a temporary, cosmic accident and the universe may very well be meaningless. That's depressing — or is it?
Forget everything you think you learned on your favorite crime scene drama.
Will moisture farming be the next big cash crop of the 21st century?
Tesla's market cap surpassed that of GM and Ford on April 10, 2017.
There’s really something new there, even if physicists forget. “Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.” –Ludwig Borne In 1998, two teams of scientists announced a shocking […]
The world's most populated country has had its fair share of great minds. Here, we take a quick look at ten thinkers you might not have thought about.
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Job automation will need to strike a delicate balance — we want enough to make our lives more comfortable, but no more than that.rn
'Deep learning' AI should be able to explain its automated decision-making—but it can't. And even its creators are lost on where to begin.
From 13.4 billion years ago, the current record-holder is unlikely to fall anytime soon. Why? A combination of science… and luck. “We’ve taken a major step back in time, beyond what […]
The thoughts on ruthless leadership by Italian politician and writer Niccolò Machiavelli resonate today.
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No human gets everything they want in life, as Ariel Levy discovered in the worst possible way.
The secret lies in neuroplasticity.
I mean, who wants to step into a minefield and start poking around?