Digital Gems

The Delta variant is more transmissible than previous strains, according to MCPH Executive Director Jeff Kuhr.

State public health officials expect that more than half of Colorado's COVID-19 cases are tied to the 'highly contagious' Delta variant.

Mobile game boasts $1.4bn in global revenue, more than in first year

Mesa County saw its first case of the Delta variant in may and is now ranked number one in highest confirmed cases across the state of Colorado.”We’ve had the delta variant in mesa coun…

The highly transmissible variant remains the "greatest threat" to the U.S. coronavirus response, officials warn.

DeepMind is using its AI prowess to accelerate scientific work.

A COVID-19 outbreak at a summer camp in Illinois is a reminder that young people are taking a risk by not getting vaccinated, health officials say.

Despite unproven efficacy, Biogen set the drug’s list price at $56,000 per year.

An interdisciplinary team developed a tool to parse quantum matter and make crucial distinctions in the data, helping scientists unravel the most confounding phenomena in the subatomic realm.

In a milestone for gene therapy, drugmakers Intellia Therapeutics and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals reported results from the first clinical trial using Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR technology to treat disease inside the human body.

Living with seamful technologies

Teens use “algorithmic folklore” to crack TikTok’s black box

Doctors need mental health support. Here’s why many aren’t getting it.

In this paper, we suggest a systematic approach for developing socio-technical assessment for hiring ADS. We suggest using a matrix to expose underlying assumptions rooted in pseudoscientific...

Increased public investment in child care is needed to help families access high-quality, affordable child care that meets their needs.

It’s a Chamber of Desire from which there is no escape

Overall, 34% of adults aged 18–39 years reported having received ...

A cluster that began with an airport limousine driver has jumped to nearly 100 cases, with dozens more expected over the coming days.

Amazon has launched its serialized fiction Kindle Vella store that lets you unlock episodic, self-published stories via in-app purchases..

Pfizer and AstraZeneca work together well in a two-dose vaccination schedule; so do three doses of AstraZeneca, researchers find in separate studies.