Naveen Rao, a neuroscientist turned tech entrepreneur, once tried to compete with Nvidia, the world’s leading maker of chips designed for artificial intelligence. At a startup that was later bought…
Comedian Steve Martin once said that teaching is like show business. I try to keep this in mind when I give university lectures. But what happens when an amusing professor…
Carry Frost is well prepared for hydration. A registered nurse and mother of two from Colorado, she estimates that her family has accumulated “upwards of 25 to 30” reusable flasks…
Supporters say that self-driving vehicles promise a future of less crowding and pollution, fewer accidents caused by human error, and better mobility for people with disabilities. But every now and…
I had a bad summer cold recently for a few days. I turned up the bad fan and TV, as one does, and zoning out. When I came around, and…
Juliette Vasquez gave birth to her daughter in June with the help of Medicaid, which she said covered prenatal check-ups and medications that kept her pregnancy on track. But as…
It’s hot, sweaty, and built on solidarity: Los Angeles has become a picket city this summer, with more than 100,000 workers on strike in the area. Each group of workers—screenwriters,…
Armed with only a scalpel, clamps, and a metal probe, Philip L. He kept a reminder of the inspiring sign on his windshield: “Mazel Tov! Bryce in progress. Please don’t…
Jay Alan Zimmerman, a deaf composer and musician, used to put himself near speakers in clubs, struggling to feel the vibrations of songs he couldn’t hear. So when he was…
Vandals who cut fiber-optic cables were blamed for disrupting phone and Internet services across Southern California’s high desert on Sunday, according to officials. Officials with Spectrum, the Internet, TV and…
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