This year, readers were again fascinated by stories about artificial intelligence. One algorithm learned to make short, playable video games from video footage; another...
Despite the hype around AI in recent years, the technology’s disruptive impact has been fairly modest. Experts say that’s likely to change next year...
When human stem cells were discovered at the turn of the century, it sparked a frenzy. Scientists immediately dreamed of repairing damaged tissues due...
Proteins are biology’s molecular machines. They’re our bodies’ construction workers—making muscle, bone, and brain; regulators—keeping systems in check; and local internet—responsible for the transmission...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
OpenAI Upgrades Its Smartest AI Model With Improved Reasoning Skills
Will Knight | Wired
"The o3 model scores much higher on several measures than its...
In the late 1800s, Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal drew hundreds of images of neurons. His exquisite work influenced our understanding of what...
Brain implants have improved dramatically in recent years, but they’re still invasive and unreliable. A new kind of brain-machine interface using living neurons to...
Publishing is one of many fields poised for disruption by tech companies and artificial intelligence. New platforms and approaches, like a book imprint by...
With a single shot, scientists protected pregnant mice from a deadly complication called pre-eclampsia. The shot, inspired by mRNA vaccines, contains mRNA instructions to...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Google’s New Project Astra Could Be Generative AI’s Killer App
Will Douglas Heaven | MIT Technology Review
"Last week I was taken through an unmarked...
Brain aging occurs in distinctive phases. Its trajectory could be hidden in our blood—paving the way for early diagnosis and intervention.
A new study published...
One of the biggest barriers to large-scale quantum computing is the error-prone nature of the technology. This week, Google announced a major breakthrough in...
