AI-Powered Brain Implant Eases Severe Depression With a Zap of Electricity

Sarah hadn’t laughed in five years. At 36 years old, the avid home cook has [...]

Protein Folding AI Is Making a ‘Once in a Generation’ Advance in Biology

Thanks to AI, we just got stunningly powerful tools to decode life. In two back-to-back papers last [...]

Microsoft’s Massive New Language AI Is Triple the Size of OpenAI’s GPT-3

Just under a year and a half ago OpenAI announced completion of GPT-3, its natural language [...]

This Bipedal Drone Robot Can Walk, Fly, Skateboard, and Slackline

Most animals are limited to either walking, flying, or swimming, with a handful of lucky [...]

Scientists Created Holograms You Can Touch—You Could Soon Shake a Virtual Colleague’s Hand

The TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation introduced millions of people to the idea of a [...]

China’s Cracking Down on Kids’ Screen Time, and the Implications Could Be Far-Reaching

Screens are taking over our lives. According to market research firm eMarketer, in 2020 adults [...]

Tele-Driving Startup to Deploy Remote-Controlled Cars as a Step Towards Full Autonomy

Self-driving cars are taking longer to hit roads than many experts predicted. Despite impressive progress in the [...]

Scientists Completed the First Human Genome 20 Years Ago. How Far Have We Come, and What’s Next?

If the Human Genome Project (HGP) was an actual human, he or she would be [...]

Is Digital Learning Still Second Best?

As Covid-19 continues to spread, the world has gone digital on an unprecedented scale. Tens [...]

How Tech Will Let You Learn Anything, Anytime, at Any Age

Today, over 77 percent of Americans own a smartphone with access to the world’s information [...]