Science
The AI Telling Farmers When To Harvest
Posted in Science, Software on 4th Oct, 2026
by Alexander Muller
AI that forecast ideal harvest dates, taking into account the weather, would be useful. "You need to know more than just when your fruit is going to be ripe. How long do you have to pick it?
The Immune System Is Killing The Brain In Alzheimer's, And Scientists Just Found A Way To Stop It
Posted in Medicine, Science on 2nd Oct, 2026
by Alexander Muller
This is mouse data, and Alzheimer's has a long and humbling history of results that looked transformative in rodents and failed in humans. Longer-term studies are needed to confirm that protecting brain tissue in the short term translates into sustained cognitive benefit.
The Startup That Wants To Beam Power Between Satellites With Lasers
Posted in Hardware, Science on 2nd Oct, 2026
by Alexander Muller
A prototype satellite designed to test something that has never been done before: beaming power from one spacecraft to another using lasers.
NASA Is Sending Robots To The Moon, And They Walk On Two Legs
Posted in Hardware, Science, Software on 2nd Oct, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Valkyrie is already over a decade old. The question is no longer whether humanoid robots can work in space, it's how capable, reliable, and trustworthy they can be made before the next generation of lunar missions needs them.
Stanford Built A Virtual Biotech Company With 37,000 AI Employees, And It's Already Finding Cancer Treatments
Posted in Business, Medicine, Science, Software on 1st Oct, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Drug discovery is one of humanity's most expensive and least efficient processes. It takes over a decade, costs hundreds of millions of dollars, and still fails 90% of the time — most drug candidates that enter clinical trials never reach patients.