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By Jon D. Markman On May 26, 201702:00 PM Eastern
George Church, the noted Harvard geneticist, is one step closer to building synthetic human DNA.
This week, Stat News reports, he met with 130 scientists, lawyers and government officials to...
By Jon D. Markman On May 24, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Elon Musk is obsessed with speed. From rockets to hyperloops to electric cars, fast is kind of his thing.
Now he wants to apply the same aesthetic to manufacturing.
Critics argue it’s another...
By Mandeep Rai On May 24, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Markets move in patterns and they do so based on triggers. If you understand those patterns and their market implications (whether positive, negative, or indifferent), it allows you to figure out...
By Jon D. Markman On May 22, 201702:00 PM Eastern
We humans are pretty simple. We want binary choices. Right, wrong. Up, down. Unfortunately, markets are often more complex.
After the presidential election, investors expected this White House...
By Jon D. Markman On May 19, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Computers are moving way past simply, well, computing. Now, they are starting to truly see.
That means, they are starting to put images into context. And this represents a huge step forward for...
By Jon D. Markman On May 10, 201702:00 PM Eastern
That smartphone in your pocket could hold the cure for malaria, dengue and the Zika virus, a noted Stanford University scientist says.
Manu Prakash has a history of using oddball materials for...
By Mike Larson On May 1, 201707:00 AM Eastern
President Donald Trump just unveiled the “biggest tax cut” ever. Or at least, that’s what he and deputies like Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn are...
By Jon D. Markman On April 28, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Amazon wants you to take wardrobe advice from a connected gadget.
It brought personal digital assistants into our kitchens with Echo, a connected speaker. Now it can see, so Amazon wants to come...
By Jon D. Markman On April 26, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Most people are self-driving car skeptics. They just can’t imagine the cumbersome robot cars we see in the media today will ever become good or cheap enough for widespread use.
A big hurdle is...
By Jon D. Markman On April 21, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Thirty million people dead in less than a year. That’s the grisly forecast for a successful bioterrorist attack. And it’s more likely than ever, according to experts.
Bill Gates made his...