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

This Russian Firm's Star Designer Is an AI—but No One Knew That for a Year . Imagine discovering a new artist or designer—whether visual art, fashion, music, or even writing—and becoming a big fan of her work. You follow her on social media, eagerly antic

How AI Will Make Drug Discovery Low-Cost, Ultra-Fast, and Personalized . If you had to guess how long it takes for a drug to go from an idea to your pharmacy, what would you guess? Three years? Five years? How about the cost? $30 million? $100 million?

This Startup Is 3D Printing Custom Prosthetics for a Fraction of the Standard Cost . Around 1.9 million people in the US are currently living with limb loss. The trauma of losing a limb is just the beginning of what amputees have to face, with the sky-hig

For the First Time, Scientists Fully Sequenced the Human X Chromosome . The sequencing of the human genome was one of the greatest scientific feats of the past century, but it’s a little-known fact that it’s still a work in progress with considerable gaps

The Robot Revolution Was Televised: Our All-Time Favorite Boston Dynamics Robot Videos . When robots take over the world, Boston Dynamics may get a special shout-out in the acceptance speech. “Do you, perchance, recall the many times you shoved our ance

The Robot Revolution Was Televised: Our All-Time Favorite Boston Dynamics Robot Videos . When robots take over the world, Boston Dynamics may get a special shout-out in the acceptance speech. “Do you, perchance, recall the many times you shoved our ance

How the Brain Builds a Sense of Self From the People Around Us . We are highly sensitive to people around us. As infants, we observe our parents and teachers, and from them we learn how to walk, talk, read—and use smartphones. There seems to be no limit t

This Century Will See Massive Shifts in the Global Population, Economy, and Power Structure . A lot of the predictions we hear about the future involve a hot, crowded planet, one where we need some serious science to figure out how to feed everyone and co

This Century Will See Massive Shifts in the Global Population, Economy, and Power Structure . A lot of the predictions we hear about the future involve a hot, crowded planet, one where we need some serious science to figure out how to feed everyone and co