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Towards Data Science

COVID-19 is Changing How We Live and AI is Struggling to Keep Up

Machine learning models trained on past behavior are having trouble guessing our next move

Jun 2, 2020

Woman in medical mask on laptop

Jun 2, 2020

Ashleen Knutsen

Bacteria: The Ultimate Environmentalist

Bacteria discovered all over the world, cleaning up our biggest messes

May 19, 2020

Bacteria: The Ultimate Environmentalist

May 19, 2020

Ashleen Knutsen

Diagnostic Tools of the Not Too Distant Future

Three technologies being developed to detect disease

May 12, 2020

Doctor with scalpel glowing under black light

May 12, 2020

Ashleen Knutsen

Does losing your sense of smell erase your past?

Without the ability to smell, odor-evoked memories disappear

Apr 28, 2020

Does losing your sense of smell erase your past?

Apr 28, 2020

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OneZero

Can Our Brains Be Used Against Us in a Court of Law?

Neuroscience in the courtroom could jeopardize our privacy and civil rights

Apr 22, 2020

A photo of two people standing next to each other in the dark, with light beams connecting them.

Apr 22, 2020

Ashleen Knutsen

Are hospitals full of untested medical devices?

The FDA’s popular clearance program allows new medical devices to skip a crucial testing step leading to hundreds of recalls each year

Apr 21, 2020

“Caution” written on the sidewalk

Apr 21, 2020

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Hinged

It’s Coming

An alarm sounds, breaking the silence in an almost empty house.

May 4, 2019

It’s Coming

May 4, 2019

Ashleen Knutsen

Monsters Among Us

Another one was found. Resting on her back, eyes open to a world she could no longer see, the life sucked out of her body just like the…

Oct 4, 2018

Monsters Among Us

Oct 4, 2018

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Hinged

Dinner Party

Her fate depended on this day

Aug 4, 2018

Dinner Party

Aug 4, 2018

Ashleen Knutsen

Ashleen Knutsen

Former biomedical engineer. Current freelance science writer/journalist. Writing about the intersection between science, technology, and society.

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