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When professional child actor Suki Hillier landed the title role in "Matilda The Musical," she thought she would have to learn how to become someone else. Instead, she realized she had known the role since she was three, when she playfully tried to move objects with her mind the ...  Show more

Garrett Langley founded Flock because he believed it was too easy to get away with crime in the US. His solution? A network of license plate readers, cameras, drones and audio sensors that has changed how police departments investigate crime — and raised urgent questions about sa ...  Show more

Vijay Pande, founding partner of a16z Bio + Health, dives deep with a16z Podcast host Steph Smith into the potential of DNA as a data storage mechanism.

This episode, a cross-post with the a16z Podcast, draws parallels between Moore's Law and the race for "Moore's Law fo ...

As we hear over and over again, environmental issues are mounting, and the stakes are huge. So how might big data be used to tackle the issues of sustainability, climate change, habitat loss, and species extinction? And even more than that, can it offer us new ways of engaging in ...  Show more

One of the more futuristic things around right now on Earth is research into encoding data into strings of genetic code.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Fast and portable genome testing is unlocking the secrets to ourselves and the environment we live in.It's impact could lead us to fundamentally remake our approach to medicine, agriculture, the environment, conservation and our selves.In this episode we hear from Dr Lara Urban, ...  Show more