The first step to finding out is to catalogue what microbes we might have lost. To get as close to ancient microbiomes as possible, microbiologists have...
Over the last couple of decades, scientists have come to realize just how important the microbes that crawl all over us are to our health. But...
A strategic imperative Generative AI’s ability to harness customer data in a highly sophisticated manner means enterprises are accelerating plans to invest in and leverage the...
There’s several standards that we’ve been focusing on in the Green Software Foundation, one’s called the SEI, which is a software carbon intensity specification. Again, to...
One of the biggest areas to watch, of course, will be generative AI, particularly how it changes social media, political campaigning, and the fight over election...
The vaccine outlined in the recent Nature paper is meant to be inhaled. It is a subunit vaccine, meaning it contains a portion of the pathogen....
Such drawbacks are why a pill to alleviate sickle-cell, if developed, could sweep CRISPR from the playing field. A pill version could also resolve a brewing...
6. Invest in research. For all these approaches to work at scale, we’ll require long-term engagement, starting now. My philanthropic group is working to help create...
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. Vertex developed a CRISPR...
If you’ve tuned out news from the summit, I don’t really blame you. The quibbles over wording—“urges” vs. “notes” vs. “emphasizes”—can all start to sound like...