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Future generations and historians may look back at the first part of the 21st century as the emerging Age of AI — but also maybe the Age of Gene Editing. Thanks to the revolutionary molecular ....
In my recent podcast chat with Kevin Davies, executive editor of The CRISPR Journal and author of the recently released Editing Humanity: The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing, it wasn’t until ....
What would the world look like today if it were nuclear-powered? That is the intriguing “what if” scenario explored by The Economist last summer. From the piece: In 1985 the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) ....
In a new piece for Slate’s Future Tense series, science fiction writer Cory Doctorow recalls that when he first moved to California from Toronto, he was shocked that there were so many gun stores. How ....
As I've mentioned before, I do believe that one of the biggest problems our society is facing with our current politics has to be vocabulary manipulation. It's one of the most common tools used to ....
The 20th century was the American Century. And one reason for that primacy was America’s century-long global leadership in scientific research. That societal effort raised American living standards and helped us win wars both hot ....
Can the US boost its productivity and tackle our greatest challenges, like climate change, through innovation? What role should federal R&D spending play in furthering our scientific and technological advancement? And can we engage in ....
Why has productivity slowed in the past half-century? How can we kick-start innovation in the economy? Could we be on the cusp of a fourth industrial revolution powered by artificial intelligence? Nicholas Crafts joins Political ....
Why is factory productivity growth slowing in the US, and how can we reverse this trend? What does public R&D spending accomplish that private spending doesn’t? And how close should we come to an “industrial ....