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NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Other Jobs at Its Headquarters
About 19 positions will be cut, including those in offices focused on technology policy and diversity, equity and inclusion.
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The Rebellious Scientist Who Made Kamala Harris
The presidential candidate’s mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, was a breast cancer researcher whose egalitarian politics often bucked a patriarchal lab [...]
Happiness scientist Arthur Brooks on how to succeed in Washington without sacrificing your well-being
But the oldest story in Washington is how the quest for power almost always comes at the expense of what everyone says they really want: happiness.
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DeepMind co-founder chides Elon over UK AI summit comments: ‘He’s not an AI scientist’
World renowned AI scientist Mustafa Suleyman appears to disagree with Elon Musk’s assessment of the threats [...]
Meta chief AI scientist says AI won’t threaten humans
The chief artificial intelligence (AI) scientist at Meta has spoken out, reportedly saying that worries over the existential risks of the technology a [...]
Covid inquiry: Sunak called Dr Death by top scientist
The comment was made in a WhatsApp exchange after the public had been encouraged to "eat out" to help the economy.
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Blockchain active users can be misleading metric: Crypto data scientist
Active user count can be a misleading metric for measuring the state of a crypto ecosystem as a small group of users can generate a significant portio [...]
The Future Perfect 50: Jamila Michener, political scientist at Cornell
The fights for racial and economic equality in the US have always been deeply interlinked. For decades, one of the nation’s leading civil rights l [...]
Tornado Cash saga left a void, says Chainalysis chief scientist: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant deve [...]
Tornado Cash left a void, time will tell what fills it — Chainalysis chief scientist
The sanctions on cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash has left a vacuum for illicit fund mixing services, but more time is needed before we’ll know the f [...]
Covid will never become an endemic virus, scientist warns
JaruekChairak | iStock | Getty ImagesCovid-19 will never become an endemic illness and will always behave like an epidemic virus, an expert in biosecu [...]
A Political Scientist Warns the Democratic Party Is Off Course
The following excerpts have been edited for length and clarity:There’s lots of nuance that gets lost in translation, but the narrative that a lot of p [...]
‘In the End, You’re Treated Like a Spy,’ Says M.I.T. Scientist
Gang Chen was arrested a year ago on charges of hiding his links to China. The charges were dismissed, but he said the damage — to him, and to America [...]
Omicron ‘not the same disease’ as earlier Covid strains: Oxford scientist
Christmas shoppers in London on Dec. 23, 2021.Hasan Esen | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesLONDON — Horrific scenes seen in previous Covid-19 waves ar [...]
Covid: Travel changes too late to halt potential new wave – scientist
The return of pre-departure Covid tests for travellers to the UK will come into force on Tuesday.
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