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Blood infections kill millions—but AI could help
China is tightening its grip on blockchain companies
Gene treatment made for a single child cuts a hyper-personal path for precision medicine
The US accuses Russia of meddling in upcoming elections
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Rewriting Life
Editor’s letter: The precision medicine issue
Precision medicine has led to incredibly effective treatments for cancer and inherited disease. But not everyone gets treated.
Business Impact
Facebook’s ex security boss: Asking Big Tech to police hate speech is “a dangerous path”
Alex Stamos on the risks of giving his former employer and other giant platforms the power to determine what people can—and can’t—say online.
Rewriting Life
Genes I wish they would find
Enough with the useless genes. Here are some that would actually come in handy.
Rewriting Life
Finally, the drug that keeps you young
Anti-aging pioneer Judith Campisi explains how a recent breakthrough could ward off age-related disease.
Rewriting Life
Six things to do with your data before you die
How to make sure your loved ones can get into all your accounts. Or, alternatively—how to cover your tracks.
Rewriting Life
Profiles in precision medicine
Advances in DNA testing and gene editing have given people choices that would have been impossible a few decades ago. Here, in their own words, are the stories of four people confronted with these dilemmas.
Rewriting Life
The skeptic: What precision medicine revolution?
The benefits of genomic drugs are exaggerated, hurting patients and the practice of medicine, says one high-profile oncologist.
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The bot that loved me: How intelligent automation will improve our jobs and our companies
Machine learning technology is the key to reducing expenses, improving productivity and making workers happier.
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How technology advances are changing the economy and providing new opportunities in many industries.
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IKEA designs future autonomous cars that work as hotels, stores, and meeting rooms
The furniture store’s research lab has dreamed up seven ways we might use autonomous vehicles if we don’t actually have to focus on driving.
by Elizabeth Woyke
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Facebook’s ex security boss: Asking Big Tech to police hate speech is “a dangerous path”
Alex Stamos on the risks of giving his former employer and other giant platforms the power to determine what people can—and can’t—say online.
by Gideon Lichfield
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Asteroid mining might actually be better for the environment
The first study of its environmental impact suggests that extracting resources such as platinum from asteroids might be cleaner than doing so on Earth.
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Advanced tech, but growth slow and unequal: paradoxes and policies
Slowing productivity growth in major economies amid seemingly booming technology presents a paradox.
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From the age of perplexity to the era of opportunities
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Undoing Aging with Molecular and Cellular Damage Repair
Since the dawn of medicine, aging has been doctors’ foremost challenge.
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Features
Rewriting Life
Digital immortality: How your life’s data means a version of you could live forever
Your family and friends will be able to interact with a digital “you” that doles out advice—even when you’re gone.
Intelligent Machines
Artificial intelligence and robots are transforming how we work and live.
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China’s leaders are softening their stance on AI
A year after announcing an aggressive plan to dominate artificial intelligence, China’s vice premier has called for international collaboration.
by Will Knight
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AI can’t replace doctors. But it can make them better.
A machine can collate environmental data, genetic data, and patient history way better than I can.
by Rahul Parikh
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Establishing an AI code of ethics will be harder than people think
Ethics are too subjective to guide the use of AI, argue some legal scholars.
by Karen Hao