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We all imagine better versions of ourselves. Smarter. More attractive. Physically nimble to rock the dance floor, conquer martial arts, or run that ultramarathon....

Understanding the Cell: The Elementary Building Block From Which Life Emerges

November 27, 2022

These Engineered Cells Are Super Soldiers That Hunt Down Cancers

November 21, 2022

A New Sperm-Blocking Male Birth Control Method Is Being Put to the Test

November 16, 2022

In a World First, Two People Received Transfusions of Lab-Grown Blood

November 10, 2022

Google and Harvard Unveil the Largest High-Resolution Map of the Brain Yet

Jason Dorrier - June 6, 2021

This Engineered ‘Superplant’ Cleans Indoor Air Like 30 Regular Plants

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - November 2, 2022

In a World First, Two People Received Transfusions of Lab-Grown Blood

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - November 10, 2022

AI Can Now Model the Molecular Machines That Govern All Life

Shelly Fan - November 16, 2021

Computing

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This AI Supercomputer Has 13.5 Million Cores—and Was Built in Just Three Days

Jason Dorrier - November 22, 2022

Artificial intelligence is on a tear. Machines can speak, write, play games, and generate original images, video, and music. But as AI's capabilities have...

Scientists Build the First Crucial Components of a Molecular Computer

November 7, 2022

DeepMind AI One-Ups Mathematicians at a Calculation Crucial to Computing

October 11, 2022

NVIDIA Is Making a Digital Twin of Earth’s Climate. Here’s an Inside Look

October 4, 2022

Like a Swarm of Bees, These Drones Can 3D Print Structures While in Flight

September 27, 2022

The Tech That Will Push VR to the Limits of the Human Eye

Edd Gent - September 25, 2022

Quantum Chip Takes Microseconds to Do a Task a Supercomputer Would Spend 9,000 Years On

Shelly Fan - June 7, 2022

Scientists Build the First Crucial Components of a Molecular Computer

Jason Dorrier - November 7, 2022

Like a Swarm of Bees, These Drones Can 3D Print Structures While in Flight

Shelly Fan - September 27, 2022

Space

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This Amazing Interactive Map of the Universe Takes You All the Way Back to the Big Bang

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - November 23, 2022

The early 2020s have been a chaotic time, with seemingly one crisis after another befalling humanity: the Covid-19 pandemic, inflation and supply chain upheaval,...

A Pristine Chunk of Space Rock Found Within Hours of Hitting Earth Can Tell Us About the Birth of the Solar System

November 20, 2022

NASA’s Artemis Launch Just Kicked Off a New Age in Space Exploration

November 18, 2022

NASA Will Buy Lunar Dust in the First Commercial Transaction on the Moon

November 14, 2022

Radioactive Traces in Tree Rings Reveal Earth’s History of Unexplained ‘Radiation Storms’

November 13, 2022

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

Jason Dorrier - September 17, 2021

NASA Will Buy Lunar Dust in the First Commercial Transaction on the Moon

Edd Gent - November 14, 2022

Super-Earths Are Bigger and More Habitable Than Earth, and Astronomers Are Discovering More of the Billions They Think Are Out There

Chris Impey - September 22, 2022

Radioactive Traces in Tree Rings Reveal Earth’s History of Unexplained ‘Radiation Storms’

Benjamin Pope - November 13, 2022

Energy

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This Solar Car Just Toured the US, and Will Start Production Next Year

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - November 9, 2022

The push to retire combustion engine cars and transition to electric vehicles is intensifying, even as energy prices rise and electrical grids get stretched...