CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna has co-founded a startup, Aurora Therapeutics, to create tailored gene-editing treatments for rare diseases. Their strategy hinges on a new FDA regulatory pathway that could dramatically speed up approvals.
The telecom industry is shifting from dumb pipes to intelligent AI hubs. This new “Telco AI Factory” model could unlock massive value in sectors like healthcare, powered by real-time voice data and local infrastructure.
The race to deploy robotaxis isn’t just about software. It’s a brutal fight for real estate. Companies need urban land for charging depots, and the logistics are a nightmare of local zoning and power grid politics.
According to an automotive specialist, winter can slash your fuel economy, especially on short trips. But you can fight back. The key is ditching old habits and focusing on a few modern maintenance tricks.
io9, via Gizmodo, is featuring a new short story from Lightspeed Magazine. “Mother’s Hip” by Corey Jae White and Maddison Stoff is a bleak, emotional tale of a transformed veteran of Amazon’s rainforest wars.
Forget AI replacing jobs in healthcare. A new perspective suggests that in behavioral health, AI’s real role is to support clinicians by removing administrative burdens. The goal is to free up therapists and providers to focus more on the human connection that drives healing.
Meta is buying AI startup Manus for over $2 billion, a deal now under review by Beijing. It underscores a stark reality: US venture capital funding dwarfs China’s, pushing startups to relocate.
In a response to a recent essay, professors Daniel Sargent and Will Fithian push back against the idea that universities should abandon neutrality. They argue that institutional statements, like UC’s on the Dobbs case, are a hollow overreach that damages academic credibility.
For the first time, a closed-loop geothermal system has delivered electricity to a commercial power grid. Eavor’s project in Germany proves the tech can work at scale, bypassing many of geothermal’s old problems.
Schmidt Sciences, founded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, is funding a new suite of observatories. The centerpiece is Lazuli, a space telescope with a 3-meter mirror aiming to launch by mid-2028 for just hundreds of millions of dollars.
