Hong Kong is targeting Western Big Tech companies in its ban of a popular protest song
It wasn’t exactly surprising when on Wednesday, May 8, a Hong Kong appeals court sided…
The burgeoning field of brain mapping
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The Download: mapping the human brain, and a Hong Kong protest anthem crackdown
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Why EV charging needs more than Tesla
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The Download: AI accelerating scientific discovery, and Tesla’s EV charging meltdown
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Scientists are trying to get cows pregnant with synthetic embryos
It was a cool morning at the beef teaching unit in Gainesville, Florida, and cow…
The Download: synthetic cow embryos, and AI jobs of the future
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How I learned to stop worrying and love fake meat
Fixing our collective meat problem is one of the trickiest challenges in addressing climate change—and…
Deepfakes of your dead loved ones are a booming Chinese business
Once a week, Sun Kai has a video call with his mother. He opens up…
The way whales communicate is closer to human language than we realized
Sperm whales are fascinating creatures. They possess the biggest brain of any species, six times…