The one-shot vaccine from Johnson & Johnson now has FDA support in the US
An advisory board to the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously in favor of…
An AI is training counselors to deal with teens in crisis
Counselors volunteering at the Trevor Project need to be prepared for their first conversation with…
What is an “algorithm”? It depends whom you ask
Describing a decision-making system as an “algorithm” is often a way to deflect accountability for…
We asked Bill Gates, a Nobel laureate and others to name the most effective way to combat climate change
Despite decades of warnings and increasingly devastating disasters, we’ve still made little progress in slowing…
Digital contact tracing brought tech rivals together while the pandemic kept us apart
If we’ve learned anything from covid-19, it’s the extent to which our lives are enmeshed…
AI armed with multiple senses could gain more flexible intelligence
In late 2012, AI scientists first figured out how to get neural networks to “see.”…
Decoding the CRISPR-baby stories
The conventional story of CRISPR genome editing is one of heroic power and promise with…
The beauty of TikTok’s secret, surprising, and eerily accurate recommendation algorithms
Deven Karpelman would never have joined TikTok if it hadn’t been for the pandemic. And…
What does progress mean to you?
What do we mean when we talk about progress? In general terms, to make progress…
What giving birth during a pandemic taught me about progress
The morning my first child was born, I was mostly thinking of death. It was…