NASA Joins Genesis Mission to Accelerate AI-Driven Discovery

The 13th Aging Research & Drug Discovery (ARDD) Meeting, the world’s largest conference dedicated to longevity biotechnology, will take place from October 1-3, 2026, at the David Rubenstein Treehouse at Harvard University. Marking the high-profile launch of Boston Longevity Week, this landmark event is officially organized by Insilico Medicine, which also anchors the conference as…

3. The AI infrastructure reckoning: Optimising compute strategy in the age of inference economics As AI adoption moves from experimentation to scaled deployment, Tech Trends 2026 points to a shift in cost dynamics. The largest expense is no longer AI model training, but ongoing inference – the day‑to‑day operation of AI systems at scale. This…

NEWS AND VIEWS 17 June 2026 A quantum computer based on trapped ions can connect any two quantum bits, reaching performance levels that conventional computers cannot match.

Some residents in northern Ontario were forced to evacuate due to the ongoing fires. One First Nations chief reported her community was “burnt to ashes”. Fires are also burning on the country’s west coast, where more than 59 active fires in British Columbia were reported on Friday. The British Columbia Wildfire Service said that 39…

Scientists from prestigious universities are more than three times more likely to have their research published in top-tier scientific journals than authors from lesser known schools are. Meanwhile, authors based in China and those studying politics, economics, gender or other social issues face a significant disadvantage. These are a few takeaways from a sweeping new…

“Don’t play with your food” is a rule orcas don’t seem to follow. Off the shores of Cabo San Lucas, Kathryn Ayres, a scientist at the ocean-health nonprofit Beneath The Waves, saw a surprising orca behavior: One orca holds a sunfish in its mouth, while another lines up and then rams it at high speed…