Tag Archives: US

What would true diversity sound like?

What would true diversity sound like?

Presented online and in person at spaces like Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum and the Museum of the City of New York, the artwork features audio recordings of 100 individuals counting from 1 to 100 in a variety of languages, accompanied by a transcription in white lettering on a black screen. Localized versions reflect the linguistic […]

This tiny Dutch vehicle for people with disabilities is taking off

This tiny Dutch vehicle for people with disabilities is taking off

The cars range in price from around €15,500 for the Canta Comfort to more than €23,000 for the Canta 2 Inrijwagen. Older models of the Canta were gas-powered, but the latest model is electric, in line with municipal efforts. Amsterdam, for example, aims to be an emissions-free city by 2025. Micromobility can and must play […]

Experimental embryos and the US monkeypox emergency

Experimental embryos and the US monkeypox emergency

In a search for novel forms of longevity medicine, a biotech company based in Israel says it intends to create embryo-stage versions of people in order to harvest tissues for use in transplant treatments. The company, Renewal Bio, is pursuing recent advances in stem-cell technology and artificial wombs, demonstrated by Jacob Hanna, a biologist at […]

The Download: a big DeepMind breakthrough, and fixing the US grid

The Download: a big DeepMind breakthrough, and fixing the US grid

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. DeepMind has predicted the structure of almost every protein known to science The news: DeepMind says its AlphaFold tool has successfully predicted the structure of nearly all proteins known to science. From today, […]

Vaccine waitlist Dr. B collected data from millions. But how many did it help?

The company has continued to promote the idea of a nationwide service, with online posts claiming the service “is available in all 50 states.” When asked exactly how large its network is, Massoumi told MIT Technology Review that Dr. B does not have nationwide coverage but has around 600 vaccination partners across 37 states—although the […]