Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace. AI company OpenAI ...

Lithium mining is like a modern gold rush. The element is the main ingredient in batteries powering smartphones, electric cars, and even AI. Global demand is surging. Increased production could guide ...

Our brains keep on whirling long after we drift off to sleep. Each night, the hippocampus, a major hub for learning, replays experiences from the previous day and etches them into memory. And even in ...

For all their promise, electric cars have always had a big drawback: Charging takes much longer than filling up a gas tank. But the gap has been closing, and this week, Chinese battery giant CATL ...

Few cancer treatments are as ferocious as CAR T cell therapy. Often derived from a patient’s own immune cells, CAR T cells are genetically modified to hunt down and destroy cancer cells. The FDA has ...

AI has aced medical exams, but there's a wide gap between tests and the real world. A new study suggests the divide is closing. Emergency doctors make high-stakes decisions in fast-paced, often ...

Modern AI chatbots can do amazing things, from writing research papers to composing Shakespearian sonnets about your cat. But amid the sparks of genius, there are flashes of idiocy. Time and again, ...

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Despite their brief history, computers and AI have fundamentally changed what we see, what we know, and what we do. Little is as important for the world’s future and our own lives as how this history ...

"Not everything about our lives can be measured and automated and optimized, and it shouldn’t be. And so the tech industry is rushing forward to put AI everywhere at enormous cost—energy, emissions, ...

It’s easy to take safe drinking water for granted. In most developed countries, access to safe water takes a simple flip of a kitchen tap or a run to the grocery store. But over two billion people ...

It's a step change in cybersecurity. Exploits that would take experts weeks to develop can now be generated in hours. Concerns about AI's ability to turbocharge cybersecurity threats have been ...