Archive - The Non-Experts Newsletter

China's claim to quantum supremacy - what you should know

Jan 17, 2021 •

Subject Matter Non-Experts

Covid-19 mRNA vaccines - what you should know

On November 9th, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced its first interim analysis (evaluable case count of 94) from the Phase 3 study of their Covid-19…

Jan 11, 2021 •

Subject Matter Non-Experts

December 2020

Blockchains - demystifying the hype a little

There’s a lot of hype and confusion surrounding blockchain.

Dec 26, 2020 •

Subject Matter Non-Experts

OpenAI's GPT-3 - what you should know

Dec 24, 2020 •

Subject Matter Non-Experts

DeepMind's AlphaFold and the protein folding problem - what you should know

On 30 November 2020, DeepMind -- the best AI lab in the world -- announced that its deep learning system AlphaFold 2 had been recognized as solving the…

Dec 18, 2020 •

Subject Matter Non-Experts

SpaceX's Starship SN8 explosion - what you should know

On 9 December 2020 5:45PM local time, the latest Starship prototype, SN8 -- short for Serial Number 8 -- took off from SpaceX’s facility near Boca Chica…

Dec 16, 2020 •

Subject Matter Non-Experts

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