Scientists Can Now Clone Brain Organoids. Here's Why That Matters. An army of free-floating minibrain clones are heading your way! No, that's not the premise of a classic sci-fi brain-in-jars blockbuster. Rather, a team at Harvard has figured out a way to

Making Algorithms More Like Kids: What Can Four-Year-Olds Do That AI Can't? Instead of trying to produce a programme to simulate the adult mind, why not rather try to produce one which simulates the child's? If this were then subjected to an appropriate c

How Facebook's New 'Mirror World' Will Help Train AI. The dream of a robot butler seems tantalizingly close, but first we need to teach them how to navigate our cluttered human environments. That's why Facebook has created an ultra-realistic simulator to

How Deep Learning Is Transforming Brain Mapping. Thanks to deep learning, the tricky business of making brain atlases just got a lot easier. Brain maps are all the rage these days. From rainbow-colored dots that highlight neurons or gene expression a...

CRISPR in Russia: The World's Next Gene-Edited Babies May Not Be Far Away. When Chinese scientist He Jiankui announced he had edited the genomes of two babies last November, he sparked an international outcry. Many feared he had opened the floodgates to h

Inching Towards Abundant Water: New Progress in Desalination Tech. In early 2018, Cape Town, South Africa came dangerously close to being the world's first major city to run out of water. People lined up for blocks to collect spring water. Stores sold out

Analogue Driving Experiences. According to those in the industry, and researchers too, driverless cars will totally revolutionise the way we think about individual transport. They will change the way we work and rest. They could he...

As Cars Become Increasingly Driverless, People Are Already Seeking Analogue Motoring Experiences. According to those in the industry, and researchers too, driverless cars will totally revolutionise the way we think about individual transport. They will ch

Case for Germline Editing. In 2016, a healthy baby boy came screaming into the world in a Mexican clinic. Harboring DNA from three parents, the baby had had his genes dramatically altered while still an embryo. Without the treat...

The Prickly Debate on Germline Gene Therapy, and Moving It Forward. In 2016, a healthy baby boy came screaming into the world in a Mexican clinic. Harboring DNA from three parents, the baby had had his genes dramatically altered while still an embryo. Wit