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Artificial Intelligence
In the Scramble to Power AI, Investors Bet $140 Million on Data Centers at Sea
Edd Gent
You Probably Wouldn’t Notice if a Chatbot Slipped Ads Into Its Responses
Brian Jay Tang
andKang G. Shin
An AI Just Beat Doctors at Diagnosing ER Patients
Shelly Fan
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Sony’s Table-Tennis Robot Beat Elite Human Players With Unorthodox Moves
Printed Neurons That Mimic Brain Cells Could Slash AI’s Energy Bill
MIT Mined Bacteria for the Next CRISPR—and Found Hundreds of Potential New Tools
The Mad Scramble to Power AI Is Rewiring the US Grid
Chatbots ‘Optimized to Please’ Make Us Less Likely to Admit When We’re Wrong
Google DeepMind Plans to Track AGI Progress With These 10 Traits of General Intelligence
Biotechnology
All Life Uses 20 Amino Acids. Scientists Just Deleted One in Bacteria.
Shelly Fan
Scientists Revive Failing Cells With Mitochondria Transplants
Shelly Fan
Norwegian Man Cured of HIV by His Brother’s Stem Cells
Shelly Fan
Popular
One Shot Just Crushed Three Deadly Autoimmune Diseases
Scientists Grow Electronics Inside the Brains of Living Mice
MIT Mined Bacteria for the Next CRISPR—and Found Hundreds of Potential New Tools
Forget Antibiotics: These Killer Cells Wipe Out Deadly Superbugs in a Day
Reviving Brain Activity After ‘Cryosleep’ Inches Closer in Pioneering Study
Digital Twin of a Cell Tracks Its Entire Life Cycle Down to the Nanoscale
Computing
In the Scramble to Power AI, Investors Bet $140 Million on Data Centers at Sea
Edd Gent
Quantum Computers Are Coming to Break Cryptography Faster Than Anyone Expected
Craig Costello
Printed Neurons That Mimic Brain Cells Could Slash AI’s Energy Bill
Edd Gent
Popular
Scientists Grow Electronics Inside the Brains of Living Mice
Anthropic’s Mythos AI Uncovered Serious Security Holes in Every Major OS and Browser
US Issues Grand Challenge: The First Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer by 2028
These Mini Brains Just Learned to Solve a Classic Engineering Problem
Brain Implants Let Paralyzed People Type Nearly as Fast as Smartphone Users
Hackers Are Automating Cyberattacks With AI. Defenders Are Using It to Fight Back.
Space
NASA Unveils Its $20 Billion Moon Base Plan—and a Nuclear Spacecraft for Mars
Edd Gent
The US Plans to Break Ground on a Permanent Moon Base by 2030. Here’s What It Will Take.
Fiona Henderson
andKevin Olsen
More Space Junk Is Plummeting to Earth. Earthquake Sensors Can Track It by the Sonic Booms.
Shelly Fan
Future
You Probably Wouldn’t Notice if a Chatbot Slipped Ads Into Its Responses
Brian Jay Tang
andKang G. Shin
Quantum Computers Are Coming to Break Cryptography Faster Than Anyone Expected
Craig Costello
Industries Most Exposed to AI Are Not Only Seeing Productivity Gains but Jobs and Wage Growth Too
Christos Makridis
Popular
US Issues Grand Challenge: The First Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer by 2028
Five Ways Quantum Technology Could Shape Everyday Life
Chatbots ‘Optimized to Please’ Make Us Less Likely to Admit When We’re Wrong
Google DeepMind Plans to Track AGI Progress With These 10 Traits of General Intelligence
Tech Companies Are Blaming Massive Layoffs on AI. What’s Really Going On?
Autonomous AI Agents Have an Ethics Problem
Tech
These Seven AI Rings Translate Sign Language in Real Time
Shelly Fan
AI Companies Are Betting Billions on AI Scaling Laws. Will Their Wager Pay Off?
Nathan Garland
Super Precise 3D Printer Uses a Mosquito’s Needle-Like Mouth as a Nozzle
Shelly Fan
Robotics
Robots With Different Designs Can Now Share Skills
Edd Gent
Sony’s Table-Tennis Robot Beat Elite Human Players With Unorthodox Moves
Shelly Fan
A Humanoid Robot Beat the Human World Record for a Half Marathon
Edd Gent
Popular
Thousands of Everyday Drone Pilots Are Making a Google Street View From Above
This ‘Machine Eye’ Could Give Robots Superhuman Reflexes
Science
The Heart Rarely Gets Cancer. Scientists Think They Know Why.
Shelly Fan
How Does Imagination Really Work in the Brain? New Theory Upends What We Knew
Roger Koenig-Robert
andThomas Pace
What We Actually See—and Don’t See—Shows Consciousness Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg
Henry Taylor
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These Mini Brains Just Learned to Solve a Classic Engineering Problem
New Device Detects Brain Waves in Mini Brains Mimicking Early Human Development
This Brain Pattern Could Signal the Moment Consciousness Slips Away
Vast ‘Blobs’ of Rock Have Stabilized Earth’s Magnetic Field for Hundreds of Millions of Years
