A team of researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale engineered yeast to create cookies that were 3D printed out of plastic waste. The yeast breaks down the components of plastic compounds and agricultural byproducts like discarded plant stalks into proteins, fats, acids, and flavorings that we can eat. When these Read more…
America’s public education system has become “an avenue for multitrillion-dollar companies to enact their agendas,” argues a NewYork Times reporter who’s covered that tech industry influence for over 10 years. Big tech companies “advocate for new laws to require schools to teach industry-aligned subjects. They sit on committees that help Read more…
All theoretical chemistry is really physics; and all theoretical chemists know it. — Richard P. Feynman
Over a hundred tech companies — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft — have signed an open letter urging both the private and public sectors to work together to defend themselves from AI-related cyber threats. The letter — which was also signed by prominent cyber firms like CrowdStrike, Okta, and Read more…
Roughly 200 accounts from a suspected Chinese bot farm have quietly tried to influence Americans to oppose AI data centers on social media, X said Thursday night. The X Safety team probed suspected Chinese accounts involved in influence operations and identified 200,000 accounts, including 200 accounts “posting in a manner Read more…
Part of New York City’s 911 emergency system was offline from about 3:13 a.m. to 10 a.m. on August 18th due to a software update, according to Medical Daily. Of 5,659 calls to the Bronx call center during that period, about 1,700 calls connected but could not be heard by Read more…
A one-time snip of a key gene lowered heart-clogging cholesterol by about 50% over an entire year with no adverse effects, scientists have reported. The overwhelmingly positive results were found in four people who had taken the highest dose of the experimental treatment during a pilot study published in The Read more…