Two companies have launched clinical trials to see if they can restore hearing to children with a rare type of genetic deafness.Akouos and Decibel Therapeutics, both based in Boston, are testing experimental therapies in children with severe hearing loss...
The home recording revolution has come. From cheap and affordable audio interfaces and software to the rocketing abundance of USB microphones in the Zoom era, there is no reason why you can’t make chart-topping singles in your bedroom. (See:...
For Taylor Klein, it starts with a weird Facebook message from a friend. A Pornhub link. She doesn’t open it. Must be spam, she figures. “I think you’ve been hacked?” she replies. Nope. Her pal insists the link is...
It wouldn’t be an overstatement to call the HPV vaccine a medical miracle.“It’s like the gift that keeps giving,” says Mark Jit, a professor of vaccine epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Not only is...
Everyone’s into asteroids these days. Space agencies in Japan and the United States recently sent spacecraft to investigate, nudge, or bring back samples from these hurtling space rocks, and after a rocky start, the space mining industry is once...
Bird-watching, or birding, is an admittedly curious pastime. You're essentially spying on little feathery creatures trying to go about their lives. Rather than landing you in jail though, this hobby can actually make you friends, improve your focus and...
Hamas’ attacks Against Israel on October 7 have shifted the geopolitical landscape and triggered a looming Israeli ground assault in the Gaza Strip. Now the ripple effects are reaching the cryptocurrency industry, where they’ve become the United States Department...
In the game known as the streaming wars, Disney+ came out swinging, bringing with it a massive library of movies and TV shows—with new ones being added all the time. Watched everything on Netflix? Disney+ has a seemingly endless...
In the state of New York, where Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of fallen crypto exchange FTX, is standing trial for fraud, the attorney general has accused a further three high-profile crypto businesses of lying to their customers. Crypto exchange Gemini,...
As the US federal government struggles to meaningfully regulate AI—or even function—New York City is stepping into the governance gap.The city introduced an AI Action Plan this week that mayor Eric Adams calls a first of its kind in...
