AI Nov 2, 2026

An AI agent performs brain surgery on a live mouse

A biotech startup connected an AI agent to lab equipment and let it carry out a brain injection on a living mouse, with human safeguards in place.

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01 AI Nov 2, 2026

New AI assistant could help plan safer landing sites on the moon

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02 Nanotechnology Nov 2, 2026

A single molecule works like an Archimedes screw

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Cultural Resistance Oct 30, 2026

Big-tent future-friendly movements: thoughts on the technoprogressive option

Technoprogressivism could be a bridge toward a fusion of bold, Promethean enthusiasm for technological breakthroughs with an authentic commitment to universal well-being that resonates across the political spectrum.
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AGI Oct 29, 2026

Super-Crude Simulative Explorations of the Geometry of Superintelligence Space

Some evocative if very simplistic toy-simulation results exploring dynamics of goal-sets under self-modification and intelligence increase.
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Legal/Law Oct 29, 2026

The Right to Be Forgotten vs. The Right to Remember

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The Shape-Shifting Search Party: How CMA-ES Finds Order in Mathematical Chaos

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Pinpointing Disease Genes Without Full Genetic Data

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UK Banks Face 10,092 Complaints Over Cryptocurrency Transfer Restrictions

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Space

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New simulation recreates the first two billion years of the universe

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NASA and partners accelerate lander development for 2028 moon missions

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Robotics

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MIT Develops Paper-Thin Swimming Robot Powered by Living Muscle Cells

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Biohybrid robots jump into action with computer-designed living muscles

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Anthropic's quiet proof shakes a pillar of computer science

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