Ask meat eaters and most would likely agree that one of the carnivorous delights non-meat-eaters are most missing out on is bacon. Salty, smoky,...

The translucent chip attached to the mouse’s leg looked nothing like a neuron. Dotted with a series of sensors and channels and smaller than...

In recent years, technology has worked wonders helping blind or visually impaired people regain their sight, perhaps most notably via the use of CRISPR...

Earth is the only planet we know of with continents, the giant landmasses that provide homes to humankind and most of Earth’s biomass. However, we...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Self-Taught AI Shows Similarities to How the Brain WorksAnil Ananthaswamy | Quanta“i‘I think there’s no doubt that 90% of what the brain does...

When Google announced its quantum computer had solved a problem beyond the capability of the most powerful supercomputer, it was a landmark for the...

The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time. Discussions...

Who doesn’t love hot, gooey, fresh-out-of-the-oven pizza? If there’s a better food in existence, I for one don’t know about it (though ice cream...

Oxygen is the elixir of life. Stop its flow—during a stroke, heart attack, or death—and the body’s tissues respond in a biological storm that...

Ever seen a baby gazelle learn to walk? A fawn, which is basically a mammalian daddy long-legs, scrambles to its feet, falls, stands, and...

Atomic clocks, combined with precise astronomical measurements, have revealed that the length of a day is suddenly getting longer, and scientists don’t know why. This...

NEUROSCIENCE The Age of Brain-Computer Interfaces Is on the HorizonGrace Brown | Wired“The real novelty with Synchron’s device, he says, is that surgeons don’t have...