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Why AI Needs a Genome

AI could learn and adapt like humans with algorithms that work like genes.

December 7, 2021

This Is Some Good Shit

How the sewage plant in our nation’s capital spins human poop into fertilizer gold.

November 10, 2021

My 3 Greatest Revelations

The author on writing her new book, “The Other Dark Matter.”

November 10, 2021

Triggering the Body’s Defenses to Fight Cancer

Experiments once considered crazy are now helping scientists attack tumors.

November 3, 2021

The Rise of RNA Therapeutics

DNA mutations are hard to fix. Scientists are trying another approach.

September 29, 2021

How to Outwit Evolution

We can defeat superbugs by staying one step ahead of them.

July 14, 2021

The Cancer Custodians

To beat our worst enemy, we must first let it grow.

June 23, 2021

The Doctor Will Sniff You Now

Step aside, Dr. House, Deep Nose will one day be the best diagnostician in medicine.

February 3, 2021

The Man Who Drank Cholera and Launched the Yogurt Craze

Ilya Metchnikoff laid the foundation for modern probiotics.

April 21, 2015

Teen MacGyver Invents Battery to Save the Planet

14-year-old creates eco-battery with aluminum foil, old guitar strings, and club soda.

December 23, 2014

10 Reasons Why You Can’t Live Without A Particle Accelerator

Particle accelerators can make you healthy and wealthy.

May 30, 2014