Big Data Is Helping Us See Environmental Problems in a Whole New Light

Posted in Science and Technology in the face of Environmental Challenges

You don’t have to be a member of Greenpeace to see that the planet, its ecosystems and its wildlife are under threat.

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12 December 2019

How Far Are We from (Accurately and Safely) Editing Human Embryos?

We can already edit genes in human embryos. We can even do it in a way to pass the edits down generations, fundamentally changing a family’s genetic makeup. Doing it well, however, is far more difficult. It’s impossible to talk about human germline genome editing without bringing up the CRISPR baby fiasco. Over a year […]

A Community of 50 3D Printed Homes Is Under Construction in Mexico

Last year, the first permitted 3D printed house in the US went up in Austin, Texas. The house was a buzz-generating proof of concept, a wacky example of the cool things tech can do. At the time, its creators—construction technologies startup ICON and housing nonprofit New Story—were raising money to fund construction of homes for […]

Silicon Valley’s China Paradox: What It Is, and How It Will Shape the Future of Tech

Silicon Valley has long been the world leader in tech innovation. It’s the cradle of startup culture, a hub for venture capital, and the home of dozens of global tech titans that are not only raking in billions of dollars, they’re also influencing politics, culture, and lifestyles around the world—whether they intended to or not. […]

Will Cultured Bacon Be Delicious? A Dutch Startup Is Developing the First Lab-Grown Pork

The food chain has always worked roughly like this: sunlight feeds plants. Plants feed insects. Insects and plants feed animals. Plants and animals feed people. Then eventually—not to get too morbid here—people feed the Earth. Nothing like the circle of life, eh? But the traditional food chain’s getting shaken up. For starters, more and more […]

Why AI Will Be the Best Tool for Extending Our Longevity

Dmitry Kaminskiy speaks as though he were trying to unload everything he knows about the science and economics of longevity—from senolytics research that seeks to stop aging cells from spewing inflammatory proteins and other molecules to the trillion-dollar life extension industry that he and his colleagues are trying to foster—in one sitting. At the heart […]

This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through December 7)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Former Go Champion Beaten by DeepMind Retires After Declaring AI Invincible James Vincent | The Verge “‘With the debut of AI in Go games, I’ve realized that I’m not at the top even if I become the number one through frantic efforts,’ Lee [Sedol] told Yonhap. ‘Even if I become the number one, […]

Global 'March for Science' protests call for action on climate change

Big Data Is Helping Us See Environmental Problems in a Whole New Light