Ollie Chu was three years old when he received an infusion that would change his life. Born with a rare inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, Ollie’s body couldn’t produce an enzyme that breaks ...

The tiny chips hitch a ride on immune cells to target inflammation in the brain. Scientists hope to kick off clinical trials within three years. From restoring movement and speech in people with ...

The price tag is orders of magnitude cheaper than most robots in its class, which can run into tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now China’s Unitree Robotics, best known for its nimble ...

Originally published by Hannah Ritchie at Our World in Data. Republished here under a Creative Commons license. Humans have been reshaping the planet’s land for millennia by clearing wildlands to grow ...

Like the seeds of a forest, a few cells in embryos eventually sprout into an ecosystem of brain cells. Neurons get the most recognition for their computing power. But a host of other cells provides ...

"Even the most panicked Cassandra of a decade ago likely didn’t imagine that advanced AI would be controlled by a single, interlocking, money-seeking behemoth. ...This rococo collection of ...

Computers that operate on the same principles as the brain could be key to slashing AI’s massive energy bills. Sandia National Laboratories has just switched on a device capable of simulating between ...

Globally, more than five million people are affected by age-related macular degeneration, which can make reading, driving, and the recognition of faces impossible. A new wireless retinal implant has ...

Colin is a professor in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University. His research interests center on philosophy of mind and philosophy of science, particularly where they intersect ...

All life on Earth is written with four DNA "letters." An AI just used those letters to dream up a completely new genome from scratch. Called Evo, the AI was inspired by the large language models, or ...

With their bright blue bases, yellow gears, and exposed circuit tops, the 3D-printed robots look like a child’s toys. Yet as a roughly two-dozen-member collective, they can flow around obstacles ...

The future of medicine is a physician-patient-AI golden triangle, one in which machines augment clinical care and diagnostics—one with the patient at its heart. That is the takeaway message of ...