Science of the Future
The emerging Republican campaign to ban human-AI marriages
As reported by Jason Parham for WIRED, a small but growing number of Americans don't just chat with their AI companions—they ...
Backlash against AI data centers is a flashpoint in midterm elections
Data centers have quietly become the most contentious infrastructure fight in America, and the opposition is borrowing its playbook straight ...
AI vs AI: Can artificial intelligence contain the fake news epidemic that it has helped unleash?
Artificial intelligence doesn’t have a great reputation for veracity. Social media abounds with AI-generated concoctions, from cute images of fake animals in ...
From breakthrough to business: The challenging work of scaling gene-edited food for the public
When CRISPR technology first hit the scene in 2012, many saw its promise in tackling stubborn genetic diseases in humans ...
Death by mutation: Attempts to extend life will eventually hit the brick wall of accumulating damaged cells
A new paper investigates how the slow accumulation of certain mutations in DNA affects human life span. Called somatic mutations, ...
The great data center backlash of 2026
For the past few decades, data centers have been quietly built all over the US, largely in areas with both ...
Europe’s embrace of sustainable gene-edited crops is accelerating
To reach the experimental maize field, visitors first pass through a locked gate tucked between a railway line, a motorway ...
This is what the AI boom looks like
The milestones for artificial intelligence keep getting grander. In 2023, an A.I. system passed the bar exam. In 2025, the ...
Viewpoint: Data center rejections hit 275 in 2026. Opponents are not the Luddites portrayed by the media
The legacy media has woken up to the backlash against data centers. Unfortunately, much of the analysis misses the mark ...
Viewpoint: Trump’s relaxed controls on supplying China with microchips could undermine U.S. AI dominance
Americans often hear about China’s having surpassed the United States in the manufacturing of emerging technologies, including clean energy, electric ...
Viewpoint: ‘Misinformation’ about the effects of offshore wind turbines on marine life could derail offshore wind farm projectsÂ
Misinformation about the effects of offshore wind turbines on marine life could derail offshore wind farm projects in New York ...
Fat cat? GLP-1 weight loss drugs for animals are on the horizon
The GLP-1 boom spearheaded by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly has already reshaped how millions of people think about obesity, ...
Hidden hunger: Climate change is speeding up the decline of important nutrients in our food
Climate change is speeding up the decline in important nutrients in our food, according to 15 leading researchers from four ...
Europe’s tentative embrace of agricultural gene editing could revolutionize food production and health in Asia
On June 17, 2026, the European Parliament reached a historic milestone by endorsing New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), sending a powerful ...
We are entering a new era of personalized medicine—if you’re white
The National Institutes of Health recently announced a remarkable achievement: the world’s largest database of human genomes, a repository of ...
Viewpoint: Yes, we can adapt to a changing climate without devastating the environment and the economy
Adaptation to climate has long been disparaged by climate advocates. Adaptation has been framed as an avoidable cost of the ...
Embryo gene editing is on the horizon, stirring mixed emotions
All Posts As Edward Donnell Ivy remembers it, many of the sickle cell episodes he endured in his 20s were ...
As the EU loosens restrictions on agricultural gene editing, it remains years behind the rest of the world on equally-safe GMO foods
The sante-eNews Newsletter from 2 June 2026 announced another GMO decision. The title claims that the European “Commission authorises use ...
Using AI for health questions? Here are 4 tips for the most accurate answers.
If you want to start, or continue using, a chatbot for your health questions, take these expert-recommended steps as you ...
Viewpoint: Will new breeding techniques help make European agriculture more competitive?
"Breeding companies have been eagerly awaiting this for a long time," begins Sjaak van der Ploeg, Breeding & Strategy Lead ...
AI being mobilized to target misinformation about vaccines–on AI
Artificial intelligence doesn’t have a great reputation for veracity. Social media abounds with AI-generated concoctions, from cute images of fake ...
2,300 endangered species: Controversial de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences joins U.S. effort to preserve their DNA
The Trump administration and a company that is promising to bring long-gone animals back from extinction announced a partnership on ...
Signal or noise? Study links GLP-1 drugs to slowing the aging process
A theory that GLP-1 medications like Ozempic or Zepbound might help people live longer has been bandied about by biohackers ...
Viewpoint: Europe clears the way for gene-edited crops — but fear-driven restrictions still slow their full potential
On 17 June 2026, the European Parliament adopted new rules on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques (NGTs), including the ...
Viewpoint: CRISPR-hating activists air their grievances about gene editing farming innovation
Why Farmers Are Sounding the Alarm on EU Deregulation? The European Parliament’s recent decision to authorize the commercialization of plants ...
World’s first AI-designed vaccine explained
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed what they describe as a fundamentally new type of vaccine using artificial intelligence (AI) ...
AI is making even its founders uneasy: ‘We find evidence of introspection, joy, satisfaction, fear, grief and unease.’
Anthropic, Google and Meta have over the past year hired computer scientists, neuroscientists and philosophers to study concepts like the ...
