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Gene Therapy Is Coming of Age

Various approaches are approved for treating blood cancers and a few rare disorders—they may soon become standard care

Lauren Gravitz

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‘Small Data’ Are Also Crucial for Machine Learning

Husanjot Chahal and Helen Toner | Opinion

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What Is 5G? Here Is a Short Video Primer

Michael Tabb, Jeffery DelViscio and Andrea Gawrylewski

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AI Designs Quantum Physics Experiments beyond What Any Human Has Conceived

Anil Ananthaswamy

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Save the Right Whales by Cutting through the Wrong Noise

Sam Jones

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A Big Bet on Nanotechnology Has Paid Off

Chad Mirkin | Opinion

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Facebook Whistleblower Testified That Company’s Algorithms Are Dangerous: Here’s Why

Filippo Menczer and The Conversation US | Opinion

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The FDA Should Better Regulate Medical Algorithms

Soleil Shah and Abdul El-Sayed | Opinion

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Deep learning, neural networks, imitation games—what does any of this have to do with teaching computers to “learn”?

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