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We use energy all the time, whether we’re running, eating, or sleeping. The energy we use at rest—to pump blood, digest food, regulate temperature, repair cells,...
Most of these trials are going to fail, Kirkland said. Most trials do. “People should try to be dispassionate, even though everyone has a stake in...
To date, Breakthrough has been focused on “five grand challenges,” backing companies that promise to drive down climate pollution across electricity, transportation, manufacturing, buildings and agriculture,...
This week in The Spark, we’re taking a look back at one of my favorite sessions from our ClimateTech conference last week, from a chapter we...
And yet, this progress hasn’t translated into steep reductions in greenhouse gas pollution. Meanwhile, geopolitical conflicts and global economic headwinds are complicating efforts to keep rising...
Last October, word began to spread among researchers that the World Health Organization was considering a change to its International Classification of Diseases, a catalog used...
It was a move that capped a dramatic period in Hanna’s professional life. In late 2020, her manager, Timnit Gebru, had been fired from her position...
Ming Guo, the director of UCLA’s Aging Center, likes this revision for its accuracy—and its potential. “It acknowledges aging and offers the opportunity to think there...
I know this is going to be a long week for all of you China watchers. New stories seem to be coming out every minute about...
But many people feel extremely uneasy about letting algorithms help to make decisions about whether people live or die, and rightfully so. Read the full story....