Futurum

MARCH 21, 2023

Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes Published: Microbes are the world’s most brilliant chemists, able to turn simple sugars and other compounds into a vast array of complex chemicals. The general idea of synthetic biology is that we can engineer microbes to do things that naturally occurring microbes don’t do,” he says.

Biology 73

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Futurum

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Published: While art and science are often separated in academia, there is a lot to be learnt by considering them together. The field combines biology and psychology to understand the roots of how people think and behave. Are there ‘rules’ for conveying emotion through art? Most researchers love to talk about their work.

Biology 89

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Futurum

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

From miniscule sub-atomic particles to gargantuan black holes, the world of science deals with a dramatic range of sizes. Research computing is a sub-discipline of computer science. Funder : Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Biology with Professor Michelle Peckham and Dr Alistair Curd.

Research 81

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Stephen Wolfram

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

This is the first of a series of pieces I’m planning in connection with the upcoming 20th anniversary of the publication of A New Kind of Science. “There’s a Whole New Field to Build…” For me the story began nearly 50 years ago —with what I saw as a great and fundamental mystery of science. How is it made?

Computer 55

Computer Mathematics Science Sciences 55

Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 15, 2023

So now it’s natural to wonder: How far will this go? My goal here is to explore some of the science, technology—and philosophy—of what we can expect from AIs. And in the phenomenon of computational irreducibility science is in effect “deriving its own limitedness”. What will AIs be able to do? And how will we humans fit in?

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

But by the mid-1600s the idea was emerging that there could be more explicit and mechanical explanations for phenomena in the natural world. So, for example, in the late 1700s the French balloonist Jacques Charles (1746–1823) noted the linear increase of volume of a gas with temperature.

Energy 88

Energy Physics Argumentation Mathematics 88

Futurum

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Meet David I majored in anthropology and biology at university. I took courses with a biological anthropologist who inspired me to study how humans use biology and culture to adapt (or not) to stressful environments such as food scarcity, extreme temperatures, and common diseases.

Agriculture 87

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