Google has announced a new collection of artificial intelligence research developments spanning healthcare, disaster forecasting, scientific discovery and business analytics, including tools designed to help researchers predict flash floods, support clinical consultations
A Neanderthal who died from a penetrating spear wound about 75,000 years ago had previously survived a severe facial injury that may have required prolonged care from others, according to a study of remains discovered in a cave in northern
Billions of potato-shaped metallic nodules lie scattered across the Pacific seabed between Mexico and Hawaii, as deep as 6,000 metres below the surface. The
Henri Kagan of the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France, and Kenso Soai of Tokyo University have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Our bodies often respond instinctively to music—tapping feet, nodding along, or subtly swaying without thinking. But new research shows that an even smaller, nearly invisible reaction is also happening: our eyes blink
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Weight-loss drugs surged back into headlines this week after Eli Lilly—the maker of Mounjaro and Zepbound—became the first healthcare company ever to reach a trillion-dollar valuation. The explosive success of its GLP-1
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A new study published on Nov. 25 in Nature Climate Change warns that Earth’s oceans are undergoing rapid and unprecedented transformations, with vast regions now experiencing multiple climate-driven shifts at the same
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Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence model capable of identifying previously unknown human genetic mutations likely to cause disease, offering new hope for patients with rare and undiagnosed conditions. The research, reported
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Paradromics, a Texas-based neurotechnology developer, has received FDA approval to begin the first long-term clinical trial of its brain–computer interface (BCI), targeting individuals who have lost the ability to speak due to
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Before a car crash in 2008 left Nancy Smith paralysed from the neck down, she found joy in playing the piano. Years later, she returned to music thanks to a brain–computer interface
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Editor’s Note: This feature draws from a conversation with Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, joined by Ben Horowitz, Erik Torenberg, and Vineeta Agarwala, exploring the groundbreaking work of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
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A fiber-rich diet may help the immune system mount a stronger attack against cancer by reshaping the gut microbiome and boosting the performance of key tumor-fighting cells, according to new research highlighted
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Hong Kong, the capitalist powerhouse often described as the “Mecca of Chinese capitalism,” is moving aggressively to reinvent itself as China’s premier scientific capital. Its skyline of luxury malls, financial towers, and
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Editor’s Note: Following article based on excerpts from an interview with Dr. Fei-Fei Li at AI Startup School in San Francisco. Dr. Fei-Fei Li is often called the godmother of AI—and for
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Three decades after he first set out to transform southern India into a global technology hotspot, N. Chandrababu Naidu is once again pitching an audacious vision—this time for a state that lost
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A dissolvable microrobot no larger than a grain of sand has been shown to swim through blood vessels in pigs and sheep, delivering drugs with pinpoint accuracy and offering a potential alternative
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A genetically modified pig kidney has survived more than two months inside a human recipient, marking a milestone that scientists say could reshape the future of organ transplantation. In findings published in
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Just months after its highly anticipated debut, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is already reshaping astronomers’ understanding of galaxy evolution. Its massive camera, the largest digital imaging device ever built,
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James Watson, the American biologist co-credited with discovering the double-helix structure of DNA, has died at the age of 97, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory announced Thursday. Watson spent much of his career
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