The FDA has narrowly backed Merck’s covid pill—but it’s not that effective
The news: A US Food and Drug Administration panel has voted by 13 to 10…
We still don’t know enough about the Omicron variant to panic
The news: Just five days ago, South African scientists informed the World Health Organization that…
Can Afghanistan’s underground “sneakernet” survive the Taliban?
When Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August, Mohammad Yasin had to make some difficult…
Machine learning improves Arabic speech transcription capabilities
Thanks to advancements in speech and natural language processing, there is hope that one day…
NASA wants to use the sun to power future deep space missions
In August 2022, a NASA probe called Psyche will set out to explore a giant metallic asteroid called Psyche 16, to…
Podcast: What is AI? We made this radio play to help.
Defining what is, or isn’t artificial intelligence can be tricky (or tough). So much so,…
How a new global carbon market could exaggerate climate progress
Nations are poised to begin building an international carbon market, after finally adopting the relevant…
Security is everyone’s job in the workplace
Hackers around the globe are smart: they know that it isn’t just good code that…
NSO was about to sell hacking tools to France. Now it’s in crisis.
In July, accusations emerged that spyware from NSO Group had targeted French president Emmanuel Macron,…