Crispr’s potential for curing inherited disease has made headlines, including at WIRED, for years. ( Here, here, here, and here.) Finally, at least for one family, the gene-editing technology is turning out to deliver more hope than hype. A year after 34-year-old Victoria Gray received an infusion of billions of Crispr’d cells, NPR reported last…
Daniel Rodriguez Contributor Daniel Rodriguez is CEO and co-founder of Picap, which has raised bigger than $7 million of mission capital for its mobility platform, which operates across eight Latin…
More travelers took to the skies over the July 4 weekend, but airlines are still facing paltry demand compared with last summer because of the coronavirus pandemic. An average of 661,811 people a da…
Lucky Brand just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but in the 1990s and early aughts, the mall brand thrived as a go-to destination for stylish denim and bohemian chic looks. Started in 1…
Get Khan AcademyCrash CourseCrash Course Maybe you were one of those kids who perked up at the sight of an AV cart being wheeled into your classroom, because it meant you were about to watch a movie instead of listening to another lecture. If you actually enjoyed this — and not just because it was…
Since Uber and Lyft transformed urban transportation with ride-hail services, there’s been a big outstanding question: How much do drivers make?Dueling papers released Monday—one from Cornell University commissioned by the ride-hail companies, and one by researchers from The New School and UC Berkeley commissioned by the city of Seattle—will do little to resolve the question.…
Mercedes-Benz sent out a teaser image and video Monday of its upcoming 2021 S-Class that hints at a sleeker within that forgoes the bevy of physical knobs and toggles level…
After defining commercial air travel for more than five decades, the Boeing 747 will finally leave production, according to a report from Reuters. The news wire reports that Boeing had made its final…
Former national security adviser Susan Rice on Sunday excoriated the Trump administration over the Russia bounty plot, accusing President Donald Trump of doing "our arch-adversary's bidding." The fo…
DJI's new Mavic Air 2 folding-style drone is a huge improvement over the previous model—so much so that for most people, this is the perfect drone.The Mavic Air 2 is the middle child in DJI's consumer drone lineup, sitting between the smaller, lighter, but less capable Mavic Mini, and the more powerful, more capable, but…
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