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Seven mice just joined the pantheon of offspring created from same-sex parents—and opened the door to offspring born from a single parent. In a study...

Meta’s New ChatGPT-Like AI Is Fluent in the Language of Proteins—and Has Already Modeled 700 Million of Them

March 21, 2023

Scientists Are Using AI to Dream Up Artificial Enzymes

February 28, 2023

Human Mini-Brains Grafted Into Injured Rats Restored Their Sight

February 7, 2023

CRISPR’s Wild First Decade Only Scratches the Surface of Its Potential

January 25, 2023

Scientists Are Using AI to Dream Up Artificial Enzymes

Shelly Fan - February 28, 2023

Thanks to DALL-E, the Race to Make Artificial Protein Drugs Is On

Shelly Fan - January 3, 2023

Belgian Blues Will Blow Your Mind, These Cows Are Totally Ripped

Aaron Saenz - July 13, 2011

CRISPR’s Wild First Decade Only Scratches the Surface of Its Potential

Shelly Fan - January 25, 2023

Computing

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This Chipmaking Step Is Crucial to the Future of Computing—and Just Got 40x Faster Thanks to Nvidia

Jason Dorrier - March 26, 2023

If computer chips make the modern world go around, then Nvidia and TSMC are flywheels keeping it spinning. It's worth paying attention when the...

The Limits of Computing: Why Even in the Age of AI, Some Problems Are Just Too Difficult

March 12, 2023

Biocomputing With Mini-Brains as Processors Could Be More Powerful Than Silicon-Based AI

March 7, 2023

AI-Powered Brain Implant Smashes Speed Record for Turning Thoughts Into Text

January 31, 2023

Google Scrambles to Catch Up in the Wake of OpenAI’s ChatGPT

January 22, 2023

NVIDIA’s Tiny New AI Transforms Photos Into Full 3D Scenes in Mere Seconds

Jason Dorrier - March 27, 2022

How to Embed Trust Into the Foundations of the Internet

Aaron Frank - September 19, 2021

AI Teaching Assistant Helped Students Online—and No One Knew the Difference

David J. Hill - May 11, 2016

AI-Powered Brain Implant Smashes Speed Record for Turning Thoughts Into Text

Shelly Fan - January 31, 2023

Space

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Astronomers Link a Mysterious Fast Radio Burst With Gravitational Waves for the First Time

Clancy William James - March 30, 2023

A team of colleagues and I have just published evidence in Nature Astronomy for what might be producing mysterious bursts of radio waves coming...

The First 3D-Printed Rocket Launch Is a Step Toward Even Greater Access to Space

March 23, 2023

A ‘Goldilocks’ Star Reveals a Previously Hidden Step in How Water Gets to Earth

March 17, 2023

New Results From NASA’s DART Mission Confirm We Could Deflect Deadly Asteroids

March 6, 2023

How Giant Baby Galaxies Are Shaking Up Our Understanding of the Early Universe

February 24, 2023

Watch a Robot 3D Printing the Rocket for Relativity Space’s First Orbital Launch

Jason Dorrier - March 28, 2021

The Biggest Simulation of the Universe Yet Stretches Back to the Big Bang

Jason Dorrier - September 17, 2021

A New Era in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life: We Can Finally Analyze Exoplanet Atmospheres

Chris Impey - July 15, 2022

New Results From NASA’s DART Mission Confirm We Could Deflect Deadly Asteroids

Eleanor K. Sansom - March 6, 2023

Energy

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Solar Panels Floating on Reservoirs Could Provide a Third of the World’s Electricity

Edd Gent - March 20, 2023

Solar power is going to play a major role in combating climate change, but it requires huge amounts of land. Floating solar panels on...

This Startup Says Nuclear Power Could Be Our Most Effective Climate Solution

March 15, 2023

Blue Origin Says It Can Make Solar Panels Out of Moon Dust

February 19, 2023

Earth Has Plenty of Raw Materials to Meet Future Wind and Solar Power Needs, Study Finds

February 6, 2023

Electric Vehicle Batteries Could Meet Grid-Scale Storage Needs by 2030

January 23, 2023

If Energy Becomes Free in the Future, How Will That Affect Our Lives?

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - March 11, 2018

This Solar Car Will Soon Hit Production—and It Costs Less Than $26K

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - July 14, 2022

These Mini Wind Generators With No Spinning Blades Can Power Homes and Buildings

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - October 19, 2022

The First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Was Just Approved by US Regulators

Edd Gent - August 5, 2022

Future

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Could Brain-Computer Interfaces Lead to ‘Mind Control for Good’?

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - March 16, 2023

Of all the advanced technologies currently under development, one of the most fascinating and frightening is brain-computer interfaces. They’re fascinating because we still have...

Life on a Reforested Planet: How the World Will Look if We Plant a Trillion Trees

March 13, 2023

New Results From NASA’s DART Mission Confirm We Could Deflect Deadly Asteroids

March 6, 2023

Robots Could Be Doing Almost Half of Our Household Chores Within a Decade

February 27, 2023

This Box Wing eVTOL Will Run on Hydrogen and Have a Range of 620 Miles

February 23, 2023

Life on a Reforested Planet: How the World Will Look if We Plant a Trillion Trees

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - March 13, 2023

Humans Destroyed Forests for Thousands of Years. We Can Become the First Generation to Expand Them

Max Roser - September 15, 2022

Magnetizable Concrete in Roads Could Charge Electric Cars While You Drive

Edd Gent - August 9, 2021

Technology Feels Like It’s Accelerating — Because It Actually Is

Alison E. Berman - March 22, 2016

Tech

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These Self-Driving Cars Are Trained in a Simulation Packed With Terrible Drivers

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - March 31, 2023

Self-driving cars are taking longer to arrive on our roads than we thought they would. Auto industry experts and tech companies predicted they’d be...