Why childhood vaccines are a public health success story
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The next generation of neural networks could live in hardware
Networks programmed directly into computer chip hardware can identify images faster, and use much less…
Drugs like Ozempic now make up 5% of prescriptions in the US
US doctors write billions of prescriptions each year. During 2024, though, one type of drug…
The Download: AI tracking birds, and a pig kidney transplant
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Digital twins of human organs are here. They’re set to transform medical treatment.
A healthy heart beats at a steady rate, between 60 and 100 times a minute.…
Three pieces of good news on climate change in 2024
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The Download: 2024’s biggest technology flops, and AI’s search for energy
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A woman in the US is the third person to receive a gene-edited pig kidney
Towana Looney, a 53-year-old woman from Alabama, has become the third living person to receive…
Roundtables: The Worst Technology Failures of 2024
Recorded on December 17, 2024 The Worst Technology Failures of 2024 Speakers: Antonio Regalado, senior…
AI is changing how we study bird migration
A small songbird soars above Ithaca, New York, on a September night. He is one…