The biological material that comprises our brains isn’t easily explored. Understanding that gray matter is rife with challenges that even modern science, which now provides the means to tinker with the tiniest components of our biology through gene-editing, has had some difficulty with. But a consortium of scientists has now developed the most comprehensive map to date—a brain atlas—to better understand brain cells, hoping to help fuel the next era of medicines that can t
After a journey of seven years and nearly 4 billion miles, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft landed gently in the Utah desert on the morning of Sept. 24, 2023, with a precious payload. The spacecraft brought back a sample from the asteroid Bennu.
Roughly half a pound of material collected from the 85 million-ton asteroid (77.6 billion kg) will help scientists learn about the formation of the solar system, including whether asteroids lik
In January of this year, TV presenter Maria Menounos received some of the worst news of her life. A full body scan revealed that she had developed stage II pancreatic cancer. Though the diagnosis was devastating for Menounos, the incident was actually a blessing for Prenuvo, the company that offered her the full-body MRI.
Prenuvo detects more than 500 medical conditions, from life-threatening issues (cancer and aneurysms) to slower-moving symptoms that could be mitigated with lifest
Slack’s big 2023 redesign has been rolling out for the past couple of months now, so there’s a solid chance it’s running on most or all of your workspaces.
As with most redesigns, the new look has been divisive, with users bemoaning its extra navigation layers and (for a time, at least) missing functionality. Fast Company polled readers on LinkedIn this week and found that only 17% of respondents said they loved it. The plurality had mixed feelings, at 41%.
Rebrands are rarely popular. When Twitter became X, it was a “bad joke.” When SunTrust and BB&T became Truist, the brand evoked “toothpaste” and “linoleum.” When Philip Morris became Altria, “names [were] changed to protect the guilty.”
So eye-rolling was to be expected when social media giant Facebook announced on October 28, 2021 that the company was changing its name to Meta.
At the time, some critics viewed the re
Innovation is constant in technology, and unfortunately this applies to cybercriminals as well. As long as new software, systems, and devices are being developed and launched into the world, there will always be someone looking for soft spots to exploit. With October being Cybersecurity Awareness Month, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on how the AI innovations of the past year have had an impact on cybersecurity as a whole.
Defenders have always been at a disadvantage due
Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense case is finally being presented. The crux of that case is, essentially, that he has an explanation for everything.
After weeks of prosecution testimony in which the defense neither scored points nor sold a story, Bankman-Fried took the stand Friday to give his version of events.
Bankman-Fried is presumably carefully coached. During breaks in testimony, his parents rushed to a small conference room with the image adviser they’ve hir
Vintage is hot these days, which means you can find items that went out of style decades ago at the most fashionable stores for the young and hip. First, records and record players, which you used to only be able to find at thrift shops, were popping up in trendy stores. Now, your useless old iPod is officially on trend.
If iPods being “vintage” makes you feel old, you’re not alone. But the 2001 invention is now considered “a genuine piece of vintage retr
From applicant tracking systems to AI-powered recruitment tools built for speed, automation in the hiring process is here to stay. But how and how much automation should be incorporated into the process continues to be a big topic of debate among job seekers and hiring managers.
Now an interesting new survey from the Harris Poll and the employment platform Indeed has revealed that companies may risk turning off older job candidates if they lean too heavily on robot overlords when hi
When Elon Musk began to transform Twitter into X, a slew of people who had either once worked for the platform or were simply ardent users launched various efforts to build better alternatives. One of them was Gabor Cselle, who from 2014 to 2016 worked as a group product manager at Twitter, tweaking the timeline and new-user experience.
Cselle’s product, T2—which later rebranded to Pebble—was designed to be a kinder, safer alternative to Twitter. Trust and safet