Dark Energy: Map Gives Clue About What It Is—but Deepens Dispute About the Cosmic Expansion Rate . Dark energy is one of the greatest mysteries in science today. We know very little about it, other than it is invisible, it fills the whole universe, and it

Dark Energy: Map Gives Clue About What It Is—but Deepens Dispute About the Cosmic Expansion Rate . Dark energy is one of the greatest mysteries in science today. We know very little about it, other than it is invisible, it fills the whole universe, and it

A Year After Getting Gene Therapy, Boys With Muscular Dystrophy Are Healthier and Stronger . Two and a half years ago, a study published in Science Advances detailed how the gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas-9 repaired genetic mutations related to Duchenne Mus

A Year After Getting Gene Therapy, Boys With Muscular Dystrophy Are Healthier and Stronger . Two and a half years ago, a study published in Science Advances detailed how the gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas-9 repaired genetic mutations related to Duchenne Mus

What If Cars Could Read and React to Your Emotions? Soon, They Will . Imagine you’re on your daily commute to work, driving along a crowded highway while trying to resist looking at your phone. You’re already a little stressed out because you didn’t sleep

What If Cars Could Read and React to Your Emotions? Soon, They Will . Imagine you’re on your daily commute to work, driving along a crowded highway while trying to resist looking at your phone. You’re already a little stressed out because you didn’t sleep

Towards 'Eternal Sunshine'? New Links Found Between Memory and Emotion . Nearly a decade ago, I almost drowned. As an amateur scuba diver, I recklessly joined a group of experts for a deep—much deeper than I was qualified for—dive at night. Already exha

Towards 'Eternal Sunshine'? New Links Found Between Memory and Emotion . Nearly a decade ago, I almost drowned. As an amateur scuba diver, I recklessly joined a group of experts for a deep—much deeper than I was qualified for—dive at night. Already exha

A New Brain-Inspired Learning Method for AI Saves Memory and Energy . Despite the frequent analogies, today’s AI operates on very different principles to the human brain. Now researchers have proposed a new learning method more closely tied to biology, wh

DeepMind’s Newest AI Programs Itself to Make All the Right Decisions . When Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, it may have seemed artificial intelligence had finally arrived. A computer had just taken down one of the top chess