This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Hello and welcome to Decoder, Nilay’s show about big ideas and other problems. This is Nick Statt, senior producer, and I’m joined by ...

J. Craig Venter, the scientist who raced to decode the human genome, has died at age 79. Venter rose to fame in the field for publishing the first bacterial genome ever decoded, along with a list of ...

As you may have noticed, I’ve been working with an STM32 ARM CPU using Mbed. There was a time when Mbed was pretty simple, but a lot has changed since it has morphed into Mbed OS. Unfortunately, that ...

The topic of archaeological illness research is based on the use of the human skeletal record to reveal the presence of diseases in the past. Bioarchaeology, paleopathology, and biomolecular analyses ...

In robotics, movements must be precise and well-controlled. As robots are asked to do more as industry becomes more familiar with the technology, there will be an increasing need for high accuracy ...

To understand complex brain processes, there is a clear need to shift from traditional single-cell studies of trial-averaged responses to single-trial analyses of multiple neurons. In this respect, ...

How sensory systems rapidly adapt to changing stimulus statistics remains unclear. Here the authors show that gain adaptation in recurrent networks can implement fast efficient coding, unifying prior ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Jon Chase Jon Chase is an editor of smart-home coverage. For Wirecutter, he ...

While a punch card is perhaps the lowest-density storage medium available, it has some distinct advantages. As [Bitroller] ...

Humans and machines can enhance each other’s strengths. by H. James Wilson and Paul R. Daugherty Artificial intelligence is becoming good at many “human” jobs—diagnosing disease, translating languages ...

Troy Segal is an editor and writer. She has 20+ years of experience covering personal finance, wealth management, and business news. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more than 20 years of ...