Joe Derisi and virus detection
Joe Derisi is an associate professor at UC San Francisco and a Macarthur grant recipient. He’s interested in viruses – specifically the detection of viruses.… Read More »Joe Derisi and virus detection
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Alan Russell – Regrowing by Thinking Small
The morning’s session is entitled “Small Miracle” and promises a series of talks about innovation on microscale. We lead off with Ethel, an innovative string… Read More »Alan Russell – Regrowing by Thinking Small
Al Gore. Quieter than the Children of Uganda
My goal was to arrive at TED for Al Gore’s speech at 7pm – I beat the traffic and made it for the Children of… Read More »Al Gore. Quieter than the Children of Uganda
The words China doesn’t want to hear
The Washington Post has published a list of 236 keywords considered sensitive by Chinese censors. 18 of these words are obscenities – the rest are… Read More »The words China doesn’t want to hear
Blogging the TED conference
I’m writing from the front of a NWA plane, a place that’s roughly as fammiliar to me these days as my living room should be.… Read More »Blogging the TED conference
The pitch is “not level”
I’m reading Franklin Foer’s excellent “How Soccer Explains the World”, and I’m more cognisant than usual of a good sports metaphor. The UK’s chief election… Read More »The pitch is “not level”