According to a new theory, there was no precise moment when the wheel was invented. Rather, it evolved from an accumulation of small improvements.

The number of scientific papers that rely on AI has quadrupled, and the scope of problems AI can tackle is expanding by the ...

Dr. Shelly Xuelai Fan is a neuroscientist-turned-science-writer. She’s fascinated with research about the brain, AI, longevity, biotech, and especially their intersection. As a digital nomad, she ...

Biotechnology Handheld Device Creates Genetic Profiles From Airborne DNA With Astounding Speed Such devices could monitor viruses or biodiversity, but the potential for misuse raises ethical questions ...

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Biotechnology New Gene Therapy Reverses Three Diseases With Shots to the Bloodstream The treatments rescued damaged blood and immune cells in newborn mice with just one shot.

The new algorithm, Pinal, is just the latest in a growing family of algorithms that can translate English text into new proteins.

Artificial Intelligence Groups of AI Agents Spontaneously Create Their Own Lingo, Like People A new study says AI agents can create shared language conventions. Learning how this happens could help us ...

A new bioprinter uses ultrasound to non-invasively 3D print tissues, biosensors, and medication depots deep in the body.

The AI builds a world model of Minecraft without human input and “imagines” future scenarios to improve its decision making.

Scientists just unveiled the world’s tiniest pacemaker. Smaller than a grain of rice and controlled by light shone through the skin, the pacemaker generates power and squeezes the heart’s muscles ...

A paralyzed woman can again communicate with the outside world thanks to a wafer-thin disk capturing speech signals in her brain. An AI translates these electrical buzzes into text and, using ...