Feb 03 Watch 9:27 Three-parent DNA treatment for rare defect raises debate By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Jan 27 Google artificial intelligence beats champion at world’s most complicated board game By Nsikan Akpan Go is considered the most complicated game in human history. Google has now built an artificial intelligence program that can beat a professional player. Continue reading
Jan 25 New mutant monkeys model the inheritance of autism By Nsikan Akpan These genetically modified monkeys exhibit some of the social deficits and anxiety behaviors observed in human autism and may help uncover new therapies. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch 6:51 Hotbeds of genius and innovation depend on these key ingredients By PBS News Hour What kind of environment spawns genius? That’s the question Eric Weiner tackles in his latest book, “The Geography of Genius,” in which Weiner journeys around the world and through time, from Plato’s Athens to Leonardo da Vinci’s Florence, to find… Continue watching
Jan 09 10 cutting-edge gadgets from the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show By Andrew Mach From a hoverboard that doubles as your butler to an alarm clock that wakes you up by scent -- here are ten of the most cutting-edge gadgets from the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show… Continue reading
Jan 05 Twitter considers 10,000-character limit By Joshua Barajas A new Twitter feature could let users exceed its current 140-character limit. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 8:18 Move over Silicon Valley. The new startup nexus is…northern Vermont? By PBS News Hour Middlebury College, a liberal arts school in northern Vermont with just 2,500 students, has become an unlikely hothouse for cultivating entrepreneurs. Does using college to start a business help support the larger liberal arts mission? Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports. Continue watching
Dec 10 These test tube puppies, the world’s first, may save endangered wolves By Nsikan Akpan Smithsonian, Cornell breed the first puppies using in vitro fertilization and cryopreserved embryos… Continue reading
Dec 04 The bait-and-switch strategy of app development is doomed to fail By Olivia Barrow If you joined Snapchat when it was first created, watched Hulu when it was blissfully ad-free, browsed Twitter when it was only genuine tweets or even touched a computer or smartphone in the last 10 years, you’ve probably noticed it. Continue reading
Dec 03 Gene editing designer babies would be ‘irresponsible,’ says international scientific committee By Nsikan Akpan, Alexandra Sarabia The committee at the International Summit on Human Gene Editing called for a pause on tweaking DNA for reproductive medicine, but stopped short of recommending a moratorium on research. Continue reading