In a scientific first, researchers have turned plastic waste into a mainstay treatment for Parkinson’s disease (PD). In a proof-of-concept study, researchers used engineered bacteria to convert polyethylene terephthalate (PET) — a widely used plastic...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have taken another page right out of a science fiction novel. This time, by designing and building microscopic, wireless bioelectronics that can travel through the circulatory...
Justin Harrison’s mother passed away in 2022, but he still speaks with her every week. While his mother was still alive, Harrison recreated her virtually using generative artificial intelligence (AI) trained on videos, audio recordings,...
Tim Challies provides a thoughtful review of his own experimentation with AI. He offers some helpful suggestions and (I think) wise cautions. Some time ago, I decided I ought to familiarize myself with AI and...
Ed. note: I recently became aware of the work of a prolific British Historian, Adrian Goldsworthy. He has a YouTube channel with many videos discussing ancient Rome, a subject of great interest to me as...
Ed. note: I recently became aware of the work of a prolific British Historian, Adrian Goldsworthy. He has a YouTube channel with many videos discussing ancient Rome, a subject of great interest to me as...
Not long ago, I was sitting in an airport when a family of four appeared. The little boy, who seemed about five, was having a meltdown I’d heard many times before. His mother was doing...
The idea that cancer progression or disease survival can be influenced by a positive attitude or by keeping up a “fighting spirit” isn’t grounded in scientific evidence, he and other doctors said. Anecdotally, however, “you’ll...
With the creation of A.I., anthropomorphized chatbots are one critical example of how the rapidly advancing technology is testing the limits of the human condition. Source: The false promise of keeping a loved one ‘alive’...
