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Weekly deep dives on biotech, AI, and the science of what comes next — by a PhD scientist who works at the frontier.

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Who writes this

David Kingsley, PhD
David Kingsley, PhD
Scientist · Colossal Biosciences

PhD scientist working on de-extinction and artificial womb technology at Colossal Biosciences. Neural NeXus is where I write about the technologies shaping our future — biotech, AI, health, and the science at their intersection. Deep expertise, no fluff.

What we write about

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Biotech & De-Extinction

Gene editing, synthetic biology, artificial wombs, and bringing species back from the dead.

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Artificial Intelligence

Foundation models, agents, and AGI. What's real, what's hype, and what actually matters.

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Health & Longevity

Drug discovery, bioinformatics, personalized medicine, and the science of living longer.

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Robotics

Humanoids, automation, and the machines reshaping labor and daily life.

Semiconductors

Chip wars, fab capacity, compute economics, and the silicon powering everything.

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The Future

Connecting dots between breakthroughs. The big picture of where this is all going.

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