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Unleashing the potential of qubits, one molecule at a time
It all began with a simple origami model. As an undergrad at Harvard, Danna Freedman…
Bug-size robots that fly and flip could pollinate futuristic farms’ crops
Tiny flying robots could perform such useful tasks as pollinating crops inside multilevel warehouses, boosting…
Odd new tricks from a massive black hole
In 2018 astronomers at MIT and elsewhere observed previously unseen behavior from a black hole…
3 Things Caiwei Chen is into right now
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Seeing AI as a collaborator, not a creator
The reason you are reading this letter from me today is that I was bored…
Why we still need AM radio
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The Download: introducing the Creativity issue
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Generative AI is reshaping South Korea’s webcomics industry
“My mind is still sharp and my hands work just fine, so I have no…
The Download: canceled climate tech projects, and South Korea’s AI web comics
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