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The Download: the cancer vaccine renaissance, and working towards a decarbonized future
Last week, Moderna and Merck launched a large clinical trial in the UK of a promising new cancer therapy: a…
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Cancer vaccines are having a renaissance
Personalized cancer vaccines like the ones Moderna and BioNTech are developing are tailored to each patient’s particular cancer. The researchers…
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The Download: Sam Altman on AI’s killer function, and the problem with ethanol
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has a vision for how AI tools will become enmeshed in our daily lives. During…
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Three takeaways about the current state of batteries
We’ve started to see this play out in California. Renewables are able to supply nearly all the grid’s energy demand…
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A US push to use ethanol as aviation fuel raises major climate concerns
Corn, like any plant that uses photosynthesis to produce food, sucks up carbon dioxide from the air. But using corn…
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Sam Altman says helpful agents are poised to become AI’s killer function
It’s a leap from OpenAI’s current offerings. Its leading applications, like DALL-E, Sora, and ChatGPT (which Altman referred to as “incredibly…
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The Download: mysterious radio energy from outer space, and banning TikTok
When our universe was less than half as old as it is today, a burst of energy that could cook…
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The depressing truth about TikTok’s impending ban
That 2020 executive order came to nothing in the end—it was blocked in the courts, put aside after the presidency…
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Inside the quest to map the universe with mysterious bursts of radio energy
As a leader in the field and a key player in the advancement of FRB research, Macquart would have been…
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Roundtables: Inside the Next Era of AI and Hardware
Recorded on April 30, 2024 Inside the Next Era of AI and Hardware Speakers: James O’Donnell, AI reporter, and Charlotte…
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