Artificial Intelligence Evidence Shows AI Systems Are Already Too Much Like Humans. Will That Be a Problem? What happens when you can't tell the difference between a human and an AI chatbot? We're ...

Biotechnology This Man Survived Hundreds of Deadly Snakebites. His Blood Holds the Key to a Potent New Antivenom. A treatment developed from a snake enthusiast's blood protected mice against 19 of the ...

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 ...

Artificial Intelligence Meta’s New AI Translates Speech in Real Time Across More Than 100 Languages It's accurate and nearly as fast as expert human interpreters.

Artificial Intelligence Groups of AI Agents Spontaneously Create Their Own Lingo, Like People A new study says AI agents can create shared language conventions. Learning how this happens could help us ...

Agents, the third phase of generative AI, are a step up from earlier AI tools. Knowing how they work is rapidly becoming essential.

DNA is nature’s computing device. Unlike data centers, DNA is incredibly compact. These molecules package an entire organism’s genetic blueprint into tiny but sophisticated structures inside each cell ...

Dr. Shelly Xuelai Fan is a neuroscientist-turned-science-writer. She’s fascinated with research about the brain, AI, longevity, biotech, and especially their intersection. As a digital nomad, she ...

Casey Harrell lost his voice to ALS. With the new system, he can emphasize words and intonations in real time—and sing tunes.

Future Logging off Life but Living on: How AI Is Redefining Death, Memory, and Immortality Our digital legacies don’t just preserve memories; they can continue to influence the world, long after we’re ...

The AI argues with itself to decide on the best response, where the action most likely to yield a winning outcome guides its next step.

Robotics This Robotic Hand’s Electronic Skin Senses Exactly How Hard It Needs to Squeeze The hand can gently pick up anything from plastic cups to pineapples.