Scientists Are Cloning the Coronavirus Like Crazy. Here's Why—and the Risks . Most biomedical researchers are busy finding ways to squash the new coronavirus. Meanwhile, synthetic biologists are busy cloning it in droves.

In late February a team from the University of Bern, led ...

Here Are the Results of the Biggest Universal Basic Income Trial Yet . Widespread job losses due to the coronavirus pandemic are leading to renewed interest in the idea of a universal basic income (UBI). That coincided perfectly with publication of the results of the bigg...

OpenAI Finds Machine Learning Efficiency Is Outpacing Moore’s Law . Eight years ago a machine learning algorithm learned to identify a cat—and it stunned the world. A few years later AI could accurately translate languages and take down world champion Go players. Now, ...

How Gene Therapy Let Mice Build Muscle and Cut Fat, Exercise-Free . Trying to hack fitness is a multi-million-dollar industry; we’ve all seen at least one ad featuring a purported miracle product that claims it can make people lose weight and look great—without even tr...

Forget Exercise—These Mice Got Ripped With Gene Therapy . Trying to hack fitness is a multi-million-dollar industry; we’ve all seen at least one ad featuring a purported miracle product that claims it can make people lose weight and look great—without even tr...

The World Food Program’s Coronavirus Fight—and How You Can Help . The coronavirus outbreak has thrown the world into turmoil. On top of the infections and deaths it’s caused, there have been significant knock-on effects on financial markets, supply chains, businesses...

Will 3 Billion People Really Live in Temperatures as Hot as the Sahara by 2070? . Humans are amazing creatures, in that they have shown they can live in almost any climate. Think of the Inuit who live in the Arctic or the Bedouins in the deserts of North Africa. But a new study sugg...

To Find a Coronavirus Vaccine Faster—Should We Deliberately Infect Thousands of People? . “First, do no harm” is a core principle for all physicians. Yet with the new coronavirus wreaking havoc across the globe, the medical community is now asking: What if “first, do harm” is the right path...

Hacking Plant Life: Artificial Photosynthesis Takes a Leap Forward . All life on earth ultimately gets its energy from the sun through the amazing ability of plants to sustain themselves on nothing more than water, air, and sunlight. Now researchers have taken a major s...

Volvo Will Add Lidar for ‘Eyes-Off-the-Road’ Self-Driving Cars on Highways . It’s 2020. Why can’t we binge Netflix as our cars drive us down the highway? Well, we’ve made progress, but not at the pace once promised. While some cars offer automated driving modes, you’re not to t...