Shuffling the deck
October 25, 2023
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Shuffling the deck

Praneeth Namburi, PhD ’16  From neuroscience to biophysics of movement Twelve years ago, Praneeth Namburi made a detour in what turned out to be the right direction. Then…

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Plastic is a climate change problem. There are ways to fix it.
October 22, 2023
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Plastic is a climate change problem. There are ways to fix it.

Some of the solution comes down to structural changes, like setting up robust collection infrastructure for plastics that are easily recycled today. But packaging makes up only about…

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Enabling enterprise growth with data intelligence
October 22, 2023
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Enabling enterprise growth with data intelligence

And here again, I have got to say that we want to address in a slightly different manner. I think we want to address it so that customers…

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The Download: striking actors training AI, and breaking ‘unbreakable’ encryption
October 22, 2023
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The Download: striking actors training AI, and breaking ‘unbreakable’ encryption

Between July and September this year, actors in the US were invited to participate in an unusual research project, designed to capture their voices, faces, movements, and expressions.…

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This startup wants to find out if humans can have babies in space
October 20, 2023
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This startup wants to find out if humans can have babies in space

Now Edelbroek is CEO of SpaceBorn United, a biotech startup seeking to pioneer the study of human reproduction away from Earth. Next year, he plans to send a…

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The Download: babies in space, and the FDA’s ketamine crackdown
October 20, 2023
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The Download: babies in space, and the FDA’s ketamine crackdown

Despite the burgeoning interest in deep space exploration and settlement, prompted in part by billionaires such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, we still know very little about…

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Ketamine is easier to prescribe than ever, and the FDA is not happy about it
October 20, 2023
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Ketamine is easier to prescribe than ever, and the FDA is not happy about it

So is at-home ketamine safe? William Dudney, a psychiatrist in Tampa, Florida, has been offering patients ketamine for five years in the form of “troches,” waxy lozenges about…

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How to fix the internet
October 18, 2023
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How to fix the internet

When we think of what’s most obviously broken about the internet—harassment and abuse; its role in the rise of political extremism, polarization, and the spread of misinformation; the…

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The Download: fixing the internet, and detecting AI consciousness
October 18, 2023
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The Download: fixing the internet, and detecting AI consciousness

History is rich with examples of people trying to breathe life into inanimate objects, and of people selling hacks and tricks as “magic.” But this very human desire…

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Why it’ll be hard to tell if AI ever becomes conscious
October 18, 2023
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Why it’ll be hard to tell if AI ever becomes conscious

History is rich with examples of people trying to breathe life into inanimate objects, and of people selling hacks and tricks as “magic.” But this very human desire…

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