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The surprising barrier that keeps the US from building all the housing it…
Vice President Kamala Harris has offered an ambitious plan to build more: “Right now, a serious housing…
The arrhythmia of our current age
Thumpa-thumpa, thumpa-thumpa, bump,
thumpa, skip,
thumpa-thump, pause …
My heart wasn’t…
The Download: living in a time of arrhythmia, and DNA data storage
—Jenna Ahart Read next: We’re making more data than ever. What can—and should—we save for future generations?…
An easier-to-use technique for storing data in DNA is inspired by our cells…
The new method, published in Nature last week, is more efficient, storing 350 bits at a time by encoding strands…
The Download: mysterious exosomes, and AI’s e-waste issue
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of…
Cultivating the next generation of AI innovators in a global tech hub
The world in all its complexity Today, the rewards of AI are mostly enjoyed by a few countries in what the…
Palmer Luckey’s vision for the future of mixed reality
Silicon Valley players are poised to benefit. One of them is Palmer Luckey, the founder of the virtual-reality…
Exosomes are touted as a trendy cure-all. We don’t know if they work.
We do know that exosomes are tiny particles that bud off from cells and that their contents can vary hugely,…
AI will add to the e-waste problem. Here’s what we can do about it.
E-waste is the term to describe things like air conditioners, televisions, and personal electronic devices such…
The Download: an interview with Palmer Luckey, and AI-assisted math tutors
Artificial intelligence could help. A new tool could improve the one-on-one tutoring sometimes used to…