DNA Sequencing is Inadvertently Exacerbating Social Biases and Inequalities
Matthew Stallard surveys the less entertaining uses of DNA sequencing: as tools of racism and ethnic cleansing.
Article 13: If You Want To Force Google to Pay Artists More, Force Google to Pay Artists More
Fixing the broken Article 13 requires European parliamentarians to take on monopolies. But will they? Cory Doctorow writes.
Scientific Advocacy and Biases of the Ideological and Industry Kinds
Hilda Bastian weighs in on the option of the radical middle between equally misguided, competing interest groups in science research
Why I Didn’t Write About Elizabeth Warren’s DNA
Dr. Ricki Lewis talks about the real surprises of genetic testing.
The Heavy Focus on 5G Wireless Means We Are Ignoring 68 Million Americans Facing High-Speed Cable Monopolies
Ernesto Falcon reports on the distraction of 5G wireless, and its impossible promise to solve America’s broadband problem.
I, Holobiont: Are You and Your Microbes a Community or a Single Entity?
Derek J Skillings considers how each of us contains multitudes — literally.
Europe Lost the Internet. Now We Fight Back
Europe lost the internet. Cory Doctorow wants it back.
The Rise of Emotional Robots
Daniel Salas considers the emotional intelligence of robots.
Fake News is in the Eye of the Beholder
China is centralizing efforts to stop online “rumors” — meaning anything not reported by official government channels. Oiwan Lam reports.
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