The Computers Are Getting Better at Writing

The Computers Are Getting Better at Writing

Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” has a mighty opening: “One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from panicked dreams, he discovered himself remodeled in his bed into a cross vermin.” The the leisure of the anecdote follows, logically and ludicrously, from that usual…

First genetically modified mosquitoes launched within the US

First genetically modified mosquitoes launched within the US

Biotech company Oxitec is working carefully with the Florida Keys Mosquito Adjust District to monitor the field trial of its genetically modified mosquitoes.Credit: Oxitec 2021 After a decade of combating for regulatory approval and public acceptance, a biotechnology company has…