The yachting industry searches for alternatives to teak Prized for its beauty, teak is in short supply, forcing the yacht industry to look for alternatives.

The welcome and needed alternatives to teak in luxury yachting: www.bbc.com/news/article...

‘A medical miracle’: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health? Period blood has long been thought of as ‘stinky and useless’, but startups are exploring using the fluid to test for a wide range of health conditions – including difficult-to-diagnose endometriosis

‘Blokes cringe if you talk about it in the pub’ - my feature on the untapped power of menstrual blood published today. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

AI Leaders Raise a Glass to Centering Humanity The TIME100 Impact Dinner featured toasts from computer science professor Stuart Russell, Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava, artist Refik Anadol, and actor and Asteria Film Co. co-founder Natasha Lyonne.

“There’s no need to be quite so ruthless with our own species, folks.” Natasha Lyonne chiding AI leaders at the TIME100 AI Impact Dinner in San Francisco last night.
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‘The platforms got worse because we let them!’: Cory Doctorow on his fight to save the internet from enshittification The author and cyber-activist argues that the tech giants have ruined life online. The only thing that can save the virtual world now, he tells Zoë Corbyn, is its users

“Swearing is what made people excited about it.” My interview with Cory Doctorow, campaigner against the enshittification of the internet, has just published in The Nerve! www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

It's the Nerve's first weekend edition... After a nail-biting and hugely successful launch week, we're wrung out but giddy with gratitude

Exciting new publication out of the UK and I have a piece coming out in it soon. www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...

US green energy braces for federal funding cuts Billions of dollars of US federal funding for green energy projects hangs in the balance.

High stakes for US green energy firms: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Move fast, kill things: the tech startups trying to reinvent defence with Silicon Valley values Venture capital-backed, $1bn companies are disrupting the way war will be waged with AI and futuristic weapons. Will they overthrow the traditional big military manufacturers, and what would that mean...

Move fast, kill things: the tech startups trying to reinvent defence with Silicon Valley values:
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Reid Hoffman: ‘Start using AI deeply. It is a huge intelligence amplifier’ The co-founder of LinkedIn and Democrat donor remains confident that AI can be good for all of us – if its introduction is handled in the right way

"Not kissing [Trump’s] ring, like many others have, is probably an economic limiter – but it’s better to be principled." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

How AI can spot diseases that doctors aren't looking for AI can take a second look at medical scans and flag up potential problems that doctors might not see.

How AI can spot diseases that doctors aren't looking for
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How AI uncovers new ways to tackle difficult diseases Pharmaceutical firms are turning to AI to find new molecules that might be able to tackle disease.

Inside the great AI drug race: www.bbc.com/news/article...

This scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab Virologist Beata Halassy says self-treatment worked and was a positive experience — but researchers warn that it is not something others should try.

This scientist treated her own breast cancer. But should the paper have been published? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Autonomous vehicles: How mines control driverless trucks Big mining firms are switching to driverless trucks and other autonomous equipment.

Come get up close and personal with some driverless trucks in the Pilbara (in Western Australia).
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Wildlife biologist Diane Boyd: ‘Wolf and human societies have intriguing parallels’ The grey wolf expert on the incredible distances the predators travel, why dogs are a kind of dumbed down wolf – and her most hair‑raising close call

Wildlife biologist Diane Boyd: ‘Wolf and human societies have intriguing parallels’
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Coffee alternatives: Start-ups claim beanless coffee more ethical Start-ups launch drinks that look and taste like coffee but they say are better for the environment.

New beanless 'coffee' emerges but does it taste any good?
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AI scientist Ray Kurzweil: ‘We are going to expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045’ The Google futurist talks nanobots and avatars, deepfakes and elections – and why he is so optimistic about a future where we merge with computers

AI scientist Ray Kurzweil: ‘We are going to expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045’
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‘We need other logics for our approach to nature’: the woman uprooting colonialism in botany From plant names to notions of native species, many aspects of the natural world are shaped by empire. We need to decolonise, says the author of a new book – but not all experts agree

‘We need other logics for our approach to nature’: Banu Subramaniam is uprooting colonialism in botany. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Can we have our cake and eat it? Welcome to the world of sugar elimination www.theguardian.com/society/2024...