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One surprising star of the coronavirus pandemic response has been the molecule called mRNA. It’s the key ingredient in the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. But mRNA itself is not … Continue Reading What is mRNA? The messenger molecule that’s been in every living cell for billions of years is the key ingredient in some COVID-19 vaccines
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. How did humans evolve, and … Continue Reading How did humans evolve, and will we evolve more?
Google “What is Clubhouse?” and you’ll find a flurry of articles written in the past few weeks about this fast-growing social network. It’s not yet a year old, and much … Continue Reading Audio chatrooms like Clubhouse have become the hot new media by tapping into the age-old appeal of the human voice
AI promises to make life easier, but what will humans lose in the bargain? AP Photo/Frank Augstein The history of humans’ use of technology has always been a history of … Continue Reading AI is killing choice and chance – which means changing what it means to be human
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco averages more than 100,000 vehicles daily. Photo by Saketh Garuda for Unsplash Every day, Americans travel on roads, bridges and highways without considering … Continue Reading Smart concrete could pave the way for high-tech, cost-effective roads
By Lu Zhang Founder & Managing Partner of Fusion Fund | Forbes 30 under 30 | F50 Global Committee Digitization in healthcare is arriving so fast that it’s hard to … Continue Reading How Edge Computing Will Accelerate the Data Revolution in Healthcare
With dreams of Mars on the minds of both NASA and Elon Musk, long-distance crewed missions through space are coming. But you might be surprised to learn that modern rockets … Continue Reading To safely explore the solar system and beyond, spaceships need to go faster – nuclear-powered rockets may be the answer
A desperately needed tool to curb the COVID-19 pandemic is an inexpensive home-based rapid testing kit that can detect the coronavirus without needing to go to the hospital. The Food … Continue Reading Rapid home-based coronavirus tests are coming together in research labs — we’re working on analyzing spit using advanced CRISPR gene editing techniques
COVID-19 doesn’t create cookie cutter infections. Some people have extremely mild cases while others find themselves fighting for their lives. Clinicians are working with limited resources against a disease that … Continue Reading We designed an experimental AI tool to predict which COVID-19 patients are going to get the sickest
I, like many Americans, miss the pre-pandemic world of hugging family and friends, going to work and having dinner at a restaurant. A protective vaccine for SARS-Cov2 is likely to … Continue Reading What needs to go right to get a coronavirus vaccine in 12-18 months
Blood tests that check for exposure to the coronavirus are starting to come online, and preliminary findings suggest that many people have been infected without knowing it. Even people who … Continue Reading Infected with the coronavirus but not showing symptoms? A physician answers 5 questions about asymptomatic COVID-19
On April 10, Apple and Google announced a coronavirus exposure notification system that will be built into their smartphone operating systems, iOS and Android. The system uses the ubiquitous Bluetooth … Continue Reading How Apple and Google will let your phone warn you if you’ve been exposed to the coronavirus
A cylindrical robot rolls into a treatment room to allow health care workers to remotely take temperatures and measure blood pressure and oxygen saturation from patients hooked up to a … Continue Reading Robots are playing many roles in the coronavirus crisis – and offering lessons for future disasters
Israel’s top spy agency has been using secretly collected cellphone data to retrace the movements of those who tested positive for the coronavirus. The Polish government launched the “Home Quarantine” … Continue Reading Digital surveillance can help bring the coronavirus pandemic under control – but also threatens privacy
Across the globe, the coronavirus pandemic is affecting almost all aspects of daily life. Travel is down; jobless claims are up; and small businesses are struggling. But not all businesses … Continue Reading Porn use is up, thanks to the pandemic
When you hear the term “evolutionary tree,” you may think of Charles Darwin and the study of the relationships between different species over the span of millions of years. While … Continue Reading Here’s how scientists are tracking the genetic evolution of COVID-19
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