Welcome to the ongoing mini-series The Orthogonal Bet. Hosted by ⁠Samuel Arbesman⁠, a Complexity Scientist, Author, and Scientist in Residence... more

The history of pharmaceutical development has traditionally been one of exploration on the frontiers of life on Earth. From fungi... more

Welcome to the ongoing mini-series The Orthogonal Bet. Hosted by ⁠Samuel Arbesman⁠, a Complexity Scientist, Author, and Scientist in Residence... more

Welcome to the ongoing mini-series The Orthogonal Bet. Hosted by Samuel Arbesman, a Complexity Scientist, Author, and Scientist in Residence... more

The media world has been rocked by artificial intelligence, labor strife, the creator economy, the decimation of business models and... more

Hello and welcome to the ongoing miniseries The Orthogonal Bet Hosted by Samuel Arbesman, Complexity Scientist, Author, and Scientist in Residence... more

If we had to rebuild American politics to be more positive, could we do it? And what would a positive... more

Welcome to The Orthogonal Bet, an ongoing mini-series that explores the unconventional ideas and delightful patterns that shape our world. Hosted... more

2024 is the year of democracy, with more than half of the world’s population voting in elections across India and... more

In this episode, Sam speaks with Ben Reinhardt, an engineer, scientist, and the founder of a new research organization called... more

Another week, another media tempest in a shrinking tea cup. This time, the internet’s ire centered on Perplexity AI, a... more

The Orthogonal Bet is an ongoing miniseries of the Riskgaming podcast that explores the unconventional ideas and delightful patterns that... more

There have been data revolutions in most areas of human activity, and biological research is no exception. The rapidly shrinking... more

Hello, and welcome to the ongoing mini-series, The Orthogonal Bet, a show that explores the unconventional ideas and delightful patterns... more

Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig built Applied Intuition differently from most other startups. At a time of profligate spending at... more

This is the inaugural episode of an on-going mini-series for the Riskgaming podcast we’re dubbing the Orthogonal Bet. Organized by... more

We’ve known for decades that one of the key mechanisms of biology — and of life itself — is the... more

How does science progress? One way to look at the question is to peer into individual fields and observe the... more

Ever since the invention of CRISPR technology about a decade ago, biologists have gained increasing power to discover new DNA... more

Every quarter, Lux publishes our latest quarterly letter to our limited partners, highlighting the key themes we’re working on as... more

This week’s solar eclipse captured the imaginations of millions of Americans throughout an arc across the continent. One of those... more

During a recent interview, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang emphasized his interest in how Nvidia’s AI processing chips could transform the... more

Astrobiology has seen a series of revolutions over the past three decades that have completely reinvigorated the field. Scientists who... more

Humans are enamored by a good story. The world overloads our mammalian senses, and so we seek any simplifying structure... more

Connections are the key ingredient for careers, society and AI neural networks to boot. Sometimes those connections arise spontaneously and... more

The construction of Boston’s Big Dig highway tunnels has gone down in history as one of the most infamously delayed... more

Home appliances are some of our most used and time-saving technologies, but they have barely evolved since their invention. A... more

Colonizing Mars has gone from the speculative fiction section of the bookstore right into the halls of Congress. Entrepreneurs led... more

The current drive for a Mars colony revolves around two central axes: one is a fear of existential risk and... more

The cost of launching a payload into low-earth orbit has shrunk dramatically over the past two decades as SpaceX has... more