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One patient’s surprising results have experts cautiously optimistic.
Every star we can see, including our sun, was born in one of these violent clouds.
It took a series of ingenious experiments in the 20th century to uncover some of our biggest cognitive biases.
The fully functional plant will serve to demo TerraPower’s nuclear tech.
Technologically, the answer is definitely no. But that doesn’t mean CGI is always used to good effect.
It marks a breakthrough in using gene editing to treat diseases.
Augmented reality (AR) contact lenses will project the digital world into our retinas, perhaps helping us navigate the metaverse.
The pilot project is in 10 stores and is 85% accurate.
Antisense oligonucleotide therapy uses small molecules to alter RNA. Researchers have now used those molecules to alleviate a genetic form of blindness.
By digging deep, we could harness enough energy to power generations to come. But it involves fracking.
What we can learn from our complicated relationship with boredom.
Engineered immune cells have prevented Type 1 diabetes in mice.
Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.
From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity’s journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency.
This discovery could lead to better treatments for PTSD, borderline personality disorder, and epilepsy.
As droughts threaten water supplies across the planet, some municipalities aim to utilize an untapped resource: sewage water.
One day, this powerful tool could be in millions of smartphones.
This everyday electrical phenomenon had no widely accepted scientific explanation — perhaps, until now.
A socially minded franchise model makes money while improving society.
William Shatner is going to space because Jeff Bezos loves Star Trek.
A new agricultural revolution could forever change the planet.
A new model of the Antikythera mechanism reveals a “creation of genius.”
Solving the supply chain crisis before the global economy tanks is going to require many creative approaches. Flexport’s Ryan Petersen has one that just might work.
Fear that new technologies are addictive isn’t a modern phenomenon.
Argentina’s black market for cash is embracing crypto — but it’s not what crypto proponents expected.
Gain-of-function mutation research may help predict the next pandemic — or, critics argue, cause one.
Alzheimer’s has proved difficult to treat. But solving the mystery of this ultra-rare frontotemporal dementia may unlock new understanding.
Meet MIT’s Kate Darling, a robot ethicist who says that we should rethink our relationship with robots.
Mind Bank Ai is the newest entrant in an ambitious idea: using AI to create a kind of immortality.