Blue water thinking
The names of many of the new companies and technologies created to combat the effects…
Seven EU countries just got a digital vaccine passport
The news: The European Union’s digital vaccine passport system went live in seven countries yesterday, ahead of a…
Behind the painstaking process of creating Chinese computer fonts
Bruce Rosenblum switched on his Apple II, which rang out a high F note followed…
How to accelerate the world into the 5G era
Demand for 5G smartphones is reaching an all-time high In 2021, consumers and institutions alike…
The most detailed dark-matter map of our universe is weirdly smooth
Trying to describe dark matter is like trying to describe a ghost that lives in…
Driving digital transformation for medical tech companies
Medical technology and pharmaceutical companies are transitioning beyond biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, and equipment to provide…
All together now: the most trustworthy covid-19 model is an ensemble
Earlier this spring, a paper studying covid forecasting appeared on the medRxiv preprint server with…
India is grappling with covid grief
Spring 2021 in India has been horrific and frightening: ambulances wail constantly, funeral pyres are…
Data fairness: A new social contract for the 21st century economy
Over the past two decades, the data economy has permeated every aspect of our social…
A startup using minerals to draw down CO2 has scored funding—and its first buyer
A new startup is relying on minerals to pull carbon dioxide out of the air,…