Jeff Ubersax knows yeast. The chief executive officer of Demetrix studied yeast genetics and biochemistry in school and was an early employee at Amyris Biotechnologies, a technology company that was using fermentation to make biofuels back in the early days…
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The rise of deepfakes, or videos created using AI that can make it look like someone said or did something they have never done, has raised concerns over how such technology could be used to spread misinformation and damage reputations.…
NASA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission this month. Astronauts on each of NASA’s six Apollo missions planted an American flag on the moon. Brilliant sunlight and a lack of atmosphere to filter it have likely…
So, you’ve decided to take photography more seriously and finally get yourself a new camera. What you haven’t decided on, however, is the exact camera to get for the kind of photography you want to do. Well, we think this…
There aren’t too many places in society where clear hierarchies continue to exist — at least explicitly. But the workplace is one. Bosses are in charge, and they get to tell their employees what to do. Ideally, and the majority…
We’ve all gone through that arduous, annoying process of passing through security check at the airport. It’s honestly a race against the clock, and against cluelessness. Do you take your belt off? Shoes? Okay, how do I time it perfectly…
Ohio congresswoman Joyce Beatty made a really good point on Tuesday: You don’t need fat clouds to be radical. This week, the state of Ohio launched an initiative called My Life, My Quit, which seeks to help teens quit using…
Antarctica’s glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates. This rapid ice loss contributes to rising sea-levels. In a new study, scientists found that the Thwaites Glacier in western Antarctica will likely hit a point of irreversible melting, after which it will…
