Fri. 04/09 - The Sound of Our Future Depends On Electric Vehicles

The story of the woman whose decades of research helped make the mRNA COVID vaccines possible. Plus, electric cars don’t make much noise, which means we have the opportunity now to design what the future will sound like. And the co-founder of Elon Musk’s Neuralink casually mused over the weekend that they could technically build Jurassic Park if they wanted to.

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Kati Kariko Helped Shield the World From the Coronavirus (NY Times) The story of mRNA: From a loose idea to a tool that may help curb Covid (STAT News) How Electric Cars Could Craft the Soundscape of the Future (TIME) Fri. 08/07 - Netflix's Rejected Goat Sound Logo & the Vege… (Kottke Ride Home) Elon Musk's Neuralink Co-Founder Says They Could Build Jurassic Park… if They Wanted To (IGN) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter