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The Rise of STEM and its Impact on Education, Careers, and Industry

I had the honour of being invited back to my high school a couple of weeks ago to describe some of my experiences at the cross-section of finance and STEM (as it’s now come to be called) and answer some great…

Brewing Food

“We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or…

“Kangaroo Route”

This past weekend saw the first non-stop scheduled flight between the UK and Australia, trademarked by Qantas as the “Kangaroo Route”. When this route first kicked off, there were “10 major stopovers and 21 more refuelling stops”, according to the BBC, with a cost of approximately £11,000 in…

ILLUMINA: SEQUENCERS AND THE DNA APP STORE

A couple of weeks ago I went on a business trip to San Francisco and I had the great…

CRISPR: CUT, COPY AND CREATE

A few months ago, a team of scientists from the University of Sichuan in China made a very important…

EVERYONE AGAINST CANCER

Cancer is certainly the biggest enemy of our times. This condition takes a toll on at least eight million lives a year worldwide, making it the leading cause of death in developed countries and the second in developing countries. It is therefore not surprising that today thousands of…

THIRTY YEARS FROM REACHING SUPERINTELLIGENCE?

The world’s smartest machine weighs less than two kilos and consumes only twenty…