Fifteen years ago in a sanctuary in Zambia, inspiration struck a chimpanzee named Julie. She plucked a stiff blade of grass, stuck it inside her ear, and left it there. There the grass dangled as Julie played, groomed, and rested. The behavior soon spread to most of the other chimpanzees in Julie’s group, called Group 4, and was adopted by …
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Pepsi’s 2 New Sodas Mark the Brand’s Biggest Innovation in 20 Years
2025 is brought to you by the letter “P.” Protein is one of the biggest trends of the year, and shows no signs of slowing down. Then, there is, of course, pickles, the other food trend we can’t seem to get enough of. And now, prebiotics, probiotics, and even postbiotics are the “P” words on everyone’s lips. The Great Soda …
Read More »The Guardian view on mitochondrial donation: IVF innovation leads to a cautious genetic triumph | Editorial
Eight babies have been born free of a disease that can lead to terrible suffering and early death, thanks to pioneering scientists in the UK employing a form of genetic engineering that is banned in some countries, including the US and France. Ten years ago, when the government and regulators were considering whether to allow mitochondrial transfer technology, critics warned of “Frankenstein meddling” …
Read More »5 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Infrastructure Stocks Powering the Next Wave of Innovation
Demand for AI computing power could push data center spending to nearly $7 trillion by 2030. It will be a massive undertaking to build out the hardware and support necessary to power increasingly advanced artificial intelligence and provide it at a global level where billions of people can access it. According to research by McKinsey & Company, the world’s technology …
Read More »Tim Cook Will Not Be Fired By Apple’s Board And Is Expected To Become Chairman, Asserting “An Even Tighter Grip On The iPhone Maker” Despite AI Stumbles, Innovation Slump, And Mounting Criticism
Apple Intelligence failed to make a mark in the industry, as the company stumbles to keep its top executives on board amid other issues. Tim Cook has been accused countless times in the past of being a software person instead of a hardware person, as he has managed to introduce only a few devices after taking over the CEO position …
Read More »Samsung’s New Phones Show How Far Ahead China Is on Innovation
And despite all those hinges and all that complexity, the Huawei Mate XT is only fractionally thicker than Samsung’s last-generation Galaxy Z Fold6, released just a few months earlier. Some believed Samsung would tease a trifold phone at this year’s Samsung Unpacked launch, but it didn’t materialize. Instead it announced after the event that it was “working hard” on one, …
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