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Apr 27
2025

AI can handle tasks twice as complex every few months. What does this exponential growth mean for how we use it?

AIs can outperform humans easily on short tasks, but longer ones are the true hurdle to overcome before we can deem them to be truly intelligent systems.

Apr 27
2025

EVs could charge 500% faster in sub-freezing weather thanks to simple new manufacturing trick

New research shows how coating a battery with a razor-thin layer of lithium borate-carbonate can lead to a 500% boost in charging rates when temperatures fall below freezing.

Apr 27
2025

How To Build A Fully Automated, Autonomous, AI-Powered Civilization | Mike Walsh | Futurist Speaker

What will it take to build a fully automated, autonomous, AI-powered civilization? A big question — true — but arguably a more interesting and inspiring one than talking about the latest chatbot. As I discovered on a recent visit to Seoul, South Korea is already the most automated country on the planet, with 1 out of 10 workers already a robot. Could this city be a preview of how we will live in the near future? Watch this video to learn some key lessons I discovered, that may be valuable as we start to imagine what our world might look like in 2035 and beyond.

Apr 27
2025

New Biomarker Enables Early, Accurate Diagnosis of Parkinson’s

Researchers have identified a biomarker in spinal fluid that can detect Parkinson’s disease in its early stages with over 90% accuracy.

Apr 27
2025

Hydrogen and nitrogen fused for first time in history: The result is ‘catastrophic’

UIC engineers fuse hydrogen and nitrogen for the first time, offering cleaner energy options—but the process carries major environmental and economic risks.

Apr 27
2025

How astonishing observatories could do big physics from the moon

As humanity prepares to return to the moon, scientists also have ideas for huge lunar experiments that could revolutionise astrophysics

Apr 27
2025

Blaise Agüera y Arcas and Michael Levin: The Computational Foundations of Life and Intelligence

In this remarkable conversation, Michael Levin (Tufts University) and Blaise Agüera y Arcas (Google) examine what happens when biology and computation collide at their foundations. Their recent papers—arriving simultaneously yet from distinct intellectual traditions—illuminate how simple rules generate complex behaviors that challenge our understanding of life, intelligence, and agency.

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Apr 27
2025

Michael Levin — Unfolding New Paradigms of Posthuman Intelligence (Worthy Successor, Episode 7)

This is an interview with Dr. Michael Levin, a pioneering developmental biologist at Tufts University.

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Apr 27
2025

Bioelectricity, Conscious Agents, Multi-Dimensional Systems | Dr. Michael Levin

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Apr 27
2025

Vitamin D may help prevent colorectal cancer, and improve survival

Vitamin D supplements may help decrease the risk of colorectal cancer and improve survival for people with colorectal cancer, a literature review of 50 studies has found.