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Podcast: COVID-19 is helping turn Brazil into a surveillance state

Leading discussions about the global rules to regulate digital privacy and surveillance is a somewhat unusual role for a developing country to play. But Brazil had been doing just that for over a decade. Edward Snowden’s bombshell in 2014 detailing the US National Security Agency’s digital surveillance activities changed all that. It included revelations that the […]

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We need to go to Venus as soon as possible

Venus has long played second fiddle to its redder, smaller, and more distant sibling. Given how inhospitable we’ve learned Venus to be, we’ve spent the majority of the last century pinning some of our biggest hopes of finding signs of extraterrestrial life on Mars.  That all changed this week.  On Monday it was announced that a […]

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Synthetic biologists have created a slow-growing version of the coronavirus to give as a vaccine

WELLCOME COLLECTION In the 1950s, Albert Sabin was searching for an improved polio vaccine. To that end, his lab infected the brains of mice, chimpanzees, and monkeys with the virus that causes the disease. They wanted to see if the pathogen would change and if weakened forms might arise. They eventually isolated versions of the […]

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Apple’s ‘Time Flies’ Event Roundup: Apple Watch Series 6, Apple Watch SE, Fitness Plus, Apple One, iPad Air, and iPad 8

Apple has once again hosted a virtual-only event. At the ‘Time Flies’ event, the company announced Apple Watch 6, Apple Watch SE, new iPad Air, iPad 8, Apple One subscription bundle, and Fitness Plus service. Let us take a look a closer look at each of the announcement and the new features it has to […]