Is AI an existential threat to humanity? Probably not. Will that stop people from spending billions to prevent it? Probably not. The post AI-powered martech news and releases: June 20 appeared first on MarTech…
Why do some people live for longer than others? The genes in our DNA sequence are important, helping avoid disease or maintain general health, but differences in our genome sequence alone explain less than 30% of the natural variance of human life expectancy…
Chronic pain affects millions worldwide, and current treatments often rely on opioids, which carry risks of addiction and overdose. Non-addictive alternatives could revolutionize pain management, and new research targeting the human protein which regulates cold sensations, brings scientists closer to developing pain medications that don’t affect body temperature and don’t carry the...
What’s missing from a bold new prediction of rapid progress in artificial intelligence. The post A Reality Check on Superhuman AI appeared first on Nautilus…
The Court’s decision in U.S. v. Rahimi empowers the government to limit the gun rights of violent people, but dodges questions about due process of law…
Lynn Conway, codeveloper of very-large-scale integration, died on 9 June at the age of 86. The VLSI process, which creates integrated circuits by combining thousands of transistors into a single chip, revolutionized microchip design. Conway, an IEEE Fellow, was transfeminine and was a transgender-rights activist who played a key role in updating the IEEE Code…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Is this the end of animal testing? Animal studies are notoriously bad at identifying human treatments. Around 95% of the drugs developed through animal research fail in people…
In a clean room in his lab, Sean Moore peers through a microscope at a bit of intestine, its dark squiggles and rounded structures standing out against a light gray background. This sample is not part of an actual intestine; rather, it’s human intestinal cells on a tiny plastic rectangle…
The way we raise animals is destructive to humans, animals and the environment, says cardiologist and entrepreneur Uma Valeti. He presents a solution that doesn’t require you to give up your favorite protein-packed meals: cultivated meat, grown directly from animal cells. Reportedly some of the “most chicken-y chicken” you’ll taste…