Ai discovers new potentially powerful antibiotic

AI Discovers New Potentially Powerful Antibiotic

We reported last week that Auris Health is using robotics to improve endoscopy. Apparently, that’s only one of several news stories lately about how technology is improving health care.  Here’s another big one: AI has helped scientists in the US to discover a powerful new antibiotic. An algorithm developed with machine learning analyzed more than a…

The secret to learning a language: how harry potter is teaching me portuguese

The Secret to Learning a Language: How Harry Potter is Teaching Me Portuguese

I’m currently teaching English in Brazil and I’m learning Portuguese. Since I’m both learning a language and teaching one, I find myself thinking a lot about how we learn languages. Many of us may know someone who is a polyglot — someone who can speak a number of languages fluently. I always wondered: what’s their…