Let loose on existing regulations, AI models sniffed out known loopholes—and exposed entirely new ones too.

Switches drive nearly every machine. A new one, made of folded DNA, does the same work at the scale of molecules.

A single observational case suggests psilocybin may ‘awaken’ cognitive reserve in dementia. But scientists caution controlled trials are needed to know if the drug was the cause.

The night sky seems eternal and unchanging. But in cosmic time, nothing could be further from the truth.

Similar concepts in different languages share an address in the brain.

Scientists used AI to find targets shared by thousands of related viruses and build what they hope is a universal vaccine.

SpudCell is a big step toward synthetic biology's dream of building life from scratch.

Separate teams discovered the same target in solid cancers, enabling a powerful two-pronged attack on both tumors and the cells shielding them.

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The robot removed a pig's gallbladder with standard surgical tools in an ordinary operating room.

A newly discovered brain-gut-bone marrow highway in mice could inspire strategies to protect immunity from chronic stress.

Part of the Singularity Discussion Series.

Most AI conversations pick one side of the same debate: adopt faster, or slow down and be careful.

Singularity Expert Tricia Wang rejects that whole frame. Her argument is that the human is not what AI replaces.…

Research suggests offloading mental work to AI is like debt: an immediate payoff with long-term consequences. But collaborating with the technology may boost our work without eroding skills.

The AI company says a new finding about how Claude works echoes an influential theory of consciousness. That doesn't prove the AI is itself conscious.

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Cambridge University researchers say launch costs fell from $87,000 to $3,868 per kilogram between 1960 and 2025—or roughly 96%—and could hit $273 by 2040.

Researchers could use lab-grown sperm to develop infertility treatments or, more controversially, make babies.

The incident is a first and signals a seismic shift in cybersecurity.

To make CRISPR better at its job, researchers are turning to algorithms like DeepMind's AlphaFold.

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A Cornell University study uses game theory to model how poorly designed AI regulation could backfire.