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Scientists have found a human gene lurking in a virus that causes skin infections. It may be using our own DNA to infect us.

When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?

Universities train many students in biotech and life sciences. Some have promising ideas for improving human health, but they need help to start a company that can turn those ideas into products or se...

When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?

Lists, arrays in cells, and nested arrays introduce new ways to store and organize related information, helping you keep data together without sacrificing...

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An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions.

Claude Opus 5.5 leads in agentic coding and knowledge work, and costs 40% less to run than Opus 5 on typical workloads.

I got four minutes on live TV news to take on an important but nuanced topic.

At a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab — or ​place for physical experiments — in the San Francisco Bay Area, two people familiar with the matter said.

Are those calling to slow down the development of artificial intelligence in a “doomsday cult,” as some critics say? Our reporter explains.

Of all the threats presented by uncontrollable artificial intelligence, scientists say death by plague ranks low.

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.

OpenAI for Law brings frontier intelligence for law, custom firm workflows, connected legal data sources, and legal-grade controls for confidential client work.

Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR and may be even more powerful.

Standardizing federal biological data to maintain US competitiveness in AI and biotechnology

The company is endorsing three bills to standardize biological data and defend against threats amplified by advanced artificial intelligence.

Chen and Coquelin et al. present a multiplex genome editing workflow capable of generating highly modified mice with complex traits within a single generation. By combining editing modalities, this ap...