Artificial Intelligence

How to… delete your 23andMe data

23andMe’s business is built on taking saliva samples from its customers. The DNA from those samples is processed and analyzed in its...

Simulation mimics how the brain grows neurons, paving the way for future disease treatments

A new computer simulation of how our brains develop and grow neurons has been built by scientists from the University of Surrey. Along...

Language model ‘UroBot’ surpasses the accuracy of experienced urologists

Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), together with doctors from the Urological Clinic of the Mannheim University Hospital, have developed and...

This octopus-inspired adhesive can stick to just about anything

Researchers at Virginia Tech set out to re-create this behavior in the lab by pairing a curved rubber stalk with a silicone-based adhesive...

Job title of the future: digital forest ranger

It takes forest soil decades to recover after being compacted by heavy logging equipment. That’s why Roth has digitally mapped all the logging...

The Download: direct-air-capture plants, and measuring body fat

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. These are...

These are the best ways to measure your body fat

I, on the other hand, have never been all that muscular. I like to think I’m a healthy weight—but nurses in the...

Everything comes back to climate tech. Here’s what to watch for next.

I’m watching to see how creative the industry can get with squeezing everything it can out of existing assets. But I’m especially...

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