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War without humans
The last war in Iraq was already a war of robots: by the end of 2008, 12,000 ground robots and 7,000 drones were involved. Today, new robotic and AI applications are being developed not only to...
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A new genetic revolution
The take-away The first two gene-editing systems were difficult to use and cost thousands of dollars. CRISPR can be bought off the shelf, and costs as little as $30. The extent to which gene editing...
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Search for rigour
The take-away Successful replication is the best way to confirm the validity of scientific research. A string of high-profile problems has raised serious questions about published research. When...
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The search engine with a difference
The take-away Unlike Google, the French product focuses only on current affairs and social-media trends, not users’ data. Having increased the number of searches from 2.6 billion in 2016 to 10 billion...
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“We’ll be thankful for all the progress in healthcare”
The take-away Europe lacks the databases to create artificial intelligence competitive with the US and China. AI is likely to bring about new inequalities and raise sensitive ethical questions. In...
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Cryopreservation: a new miracle?
The take-away In Europe, the average age for a first pregnancy is 29, and 3.2% of first births are to mothers over 40. Unlike America, Europe still frowns on egg-freezing for non-medical reasons. It...
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CRISPR scissors editing embryos
The take-away 87% of in vitro fertilisations fail. CRISPR-Cas9 could help to better understand the function of genes that favour embryonic development. Some researchers think that society should have...
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How to make threads “green”
As anyone who has been in a clothing store recently knows, the market is booming. Between 2000 and 2014 sales doubled worldwide – much of it in Europe, where, according to the World Wildlife Fund, the...
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No super-vegetables for Europe
The take-away With CRISPR, you can for example grow tomatoes with higher vitamin content. But Europe is lagging behind, with 75% of research on gene-editing tools for plants being conducted in the US...
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Medicine: ethical questions
Lausanne-based Sophia Genetics was co-founded in 2011 by molecular biologist and entrepreneur Jurgi Camblong to turn the raw data produced by gene sequencing machines into useful diagnostic...
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