"Gene doping represents a threat to the integrity of sport," asserts the World Anti-Doping Agency, which prohibits athletes from "the non-therapeutic use of genes, genetic elements and/or cells that have the…
The walls that once separated TV shows, feature films, viral videos, and holiday snapshots are collapsing. All those forms are (or can be) movies, in the original sense of the word: They're moving pictures. And now they…
At the federal level, Republican-written AI bills tend to be less concerned with policing how individuals use the technology than with regulating the development and deployment of the underlying technology—large language…
On May 24, the Enhanced Games aim to take athletic enhancement to the next level. Performance-enhancing substances are transparently allowed and encouraged at this event, and athletes work with a full-service medical team.…
Only weeks after designating Anthropic a supply chain risk, the Trump administration is returning to a pro-AI stance with Friday's release of the National AI Legislative Framework. The framework, which was commissioned…
By gathering continuous data about sleep, heart rate, and physical activity, biowearable devices can give individuals more control over their well-being. But they also create a detailed digital record of our daily lives—one…
Christopher Buck is fermenting a vaccine in his kitchen. You can too. Specifically, Buck brews and quaffs a hazy beer that induces immunity against the BK virus, also known as human polyomavirus. Buck argues that you have the…
Sen. Bernie Sanders has a problem with data centers. They're just too good. In a video posted to social media in December 2025, the Vermont independent complained that billionaire tech moguls are reaping huge profits…
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All, by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares, Little, Brown, and Company, 272 pages, $30 Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares have a new book titled If Anyone…
We can thank Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act for much of our freedom to communicate online. It enabled the rise of search engines, social media, and countless platforms that make our modern internet a…
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