Articles about WCSJ2017

How scientists are expanding the spectrum for SETI and the search for alien life

BERKELEY, Calif. — Twenty years after the movie “Contact” brought the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, to the big… Read More

Inside the X ‘moonshot factory’: Here’s where Google’s ideas take flight (or fizzle)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Why does the Captain of Moonshots wear roller skates to work? That may sound like the start… Read More

Where does consciousness come from? Brain scientist closes in on the claustrum

SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, neuroscientist Christof Koch has been searching for the seat of consciousness — a quest that has taken… Read More

Intellectual Ventures’ malaria-hunting AI microscope is ready for commercial debut

SAN FRANCISCO — Can artificial intelligence help battle malaria and other infectious diseases? Intellectual Ventures CEO Nathan Myhrvold says it’s time… Read More