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Is it fair to judge art that was made with AI alongside works conceived of purely by a human brain? This artist says no.

The same strategy could build better carriers for gene therapies or transport drugs that need protection from being broken down in the body.

If we tweaked nature's constants by just a few percent, it would render our universe lifeless. The fact that life exists, therefore, takes some explaining.

Amid predictions ChatGPT could end Google's reign in search, the company plans to unveil 20 generative AI products and test a chatbot for search.

The neurons in our cortex, the outermost “crust” of our brain, seem to have uniquely evolved to sustain complex computations in their input cables.

Animals that can do basic arithmetic show us that some really are capable of understanding the terms they use and the connections between them.

2021 was a big year for biotechnology, and the top three advances made will impact the field for years—if not decades—to come.

Biology is capable of extraordinary feats of engineering, and the next frontier in building technology might be to make buildings part of nature.

The study is a proof of concept that neurons in a dish can be a sophisticated learning machine and adapt to a goal in a virtual environment.

By understanding how these neurons work, we could tap into their inner workings to develop even more sophisticated treatments for paralysis.

The clock used a simple statistical model, which looked at a certain type of epigenetic modification at just two target sites on DNA.

AI is about the eat healthcare, resulting in dramatic acceleration of longevity research and an amplification of the human healthspan.

In a talk at Exponential Medicine, Jane Metcalfe said that tools like gene editing and synthetic biology could make design the next big thing in medicine.

A chemical produced by the microbiome sends a signal from the gut to the brain, triggering a dopamine release into the brain’s motivation center.

For devastating disorders in which the brain or its nerve connections gradually disintegrate, maybe it’s time to look south of the neck—towards the gut.

The team showed that the device could run efficiently for 12 consecutive days and produced hydrogen with 99 percent purity.

Redwood Materials takes in batteries at the end of their useful life, extracts key metals, and rebuilds them into cathode and anode products.

A new therapy combines two big advances, CRISPR and CAR-T, to create personalized immune cells that seek and destroy specific cancers.

A new approach that combines biological and chemical processes could greatly simplify the process of recycling mixed plastics.

The car’s lithium iron phosphate battery has a 190-mile range, with 465 solar half-cells integrated on its roof, doors, fenders, and hood.

Space-based solar power involves building massive arrays of solar panels in orbit to collect sunlight then beaming the energy down to Earth.

The entire process happens below our consciousness, suppressing unwanted memories so that they never surface to awareness.

There's been an explosion of noise and hype about the metaverse. If you're new to the concept, this introduction is for you.

«It’s also a good reminder that anytime you see the media claim that something is “the first” virtual-based whatever, that’s very likely not true.»

Even slowing aging by just two percent corresponds to a 10-15 percent reduction in mortality risk, which is similar to quitting smoking.

The engineered bacteria are now resistant to even the most aggressive viruses, with little chance of leaking their synthetic code into the wild.

With a production capacity of 10,000 metric tons, Believer says the facility will be the biggest of its type in the world.

«Cells are extracted from an animal’s tissue (in a process that doesn’t harm the animal at all) and mixed with a cocktail of nutrients, oxygen, and moisture. Inside large bioreactors, the mixture is kept at the same temperature cells would be at in an animal’s body. The cells divide, multiply, and mature, with any waste products being removed to keep the environment pure.»