"The 180-year-old endnotes that foretold the future of computation."
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June 4—This week, how a sheet of vibrating silk might curb noise pollution, the quest to build a “meta-earplug,” and the reasons why artificial wombs aren’t yet ready for clinical trials. All that and more below!
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A Vibrating Curtain of Silk Can Stifle Noise PollutionInspired by headphone technology, silk sewn with a vibrating fiber acts as a lightweight sound barrier
It Is Too Soon for Clinical Trials on Artificial WombsA technology meant to help severely premature infants raises questions of inequity and may someday threaten parents’ rights to make decisions
Vardit Ravitsky, expert writer; Louise King, expert writer
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China’s Chang’e 6 Probe Lands on Far Side of the MoonThe Chang’e 6 mission is China’s second to touch down on the lunar far side and will retrieve samples for analysis on Earth
Warfare’s Climate Emissions Are Huge but UncountedNations aren't required to report their military climate pollution under the Paris Agreement. Experts say that should change
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