Science of the Future
How to future-proof global food security to meet 2050 demands
Food security faces growing challenges due to population growth, resource limitations, economic pressures, and industrialization-induced lifestyle changes. Traditional food systems ...
CRISPR is coming: Europe takes a giant step forward escaping three decades of crop biotechnology denialism
[The European] Council has reached a provisional agreement with the European Parliament on a set of rules that establish a legal framework ...
Beautiful and delicious mutants on your plate: The misunderstood world of crop improvement
When most of us hear the word mutation, the images that come to mind are not positive. We think of ...
We are on the verge of engineering embryos immune from hereditary diseases—and a couple has already volunteered to provide their fertilized egg for a test run
Herasight, which formally launched this summer with backing from influential Silicon Valley venture-capital firm Draper Associates, is charging $50,000 for ...
Next phase in the weight loss revolution
For all the societal changes ushered in by GLP-1 drugs, their lofty price tags limit who can afford them. Many patients stop ...
Viewpoint: South Korea’s outdated crop gene editing regulations stifles agricultural production
At a policy seminar where Korea’s science community, agriculture sector and government gathered to discuss regulatory reforms for gene editing ...
The Hungarian parliament has passed a law banning cell-cultivated meat
Hungary raised concerns about cell-based meat when it held the European Council Presidency last year, arguing meat and dairy consumption ...
Viewpoint: ‘Organoid intelligence’?—Ethical questions arise in using organoid human brain nuggets to study disease
As months turned to years, Dr. Arlotta’s team set a record for the oldest documented brain organoids. “We never thought ...
From creating healthy menus to eliminating food waste, AI is transforming the link between food and health
Across the food system, AI is being harnessed for good—helping consumers make smarter nutritional choices, waste less food, and even ...
The world’s oldest baby: A 30-year old frozen embryo is now a child
A baby born in the U.S. has made headlines for a surprising reason: they came from an embryo that had ...
CRISPR opens the door toward treating common health threats like rising cholesterol
A CRISPR–Cas9 gene-editing therapy has halved people’s cholesterol levels in a small clinical trial — raising hopes that, with further study, gene editing could ...
The fear that AI machines will soon be smarter than humans is just another conspiracy theory
Every age has its believers, people with an unshakeable faith that something huge is about to happen—a before and an ...
Agriculture faces a challenging future as it enters the age of gene editing and sustainable farming
In the ever-evolving world of agricultural science, researchers are relentlessly searching for innovative methods to enhance crop resilience against the ...
Smart, sustainable, scalable: AI, hydroponics and the future of farming
As global population pressures rise and arable land continues to shrink, the urgency to revolutionize agriculture is more pronounced than ...
Is animal testing still necessary? Will it be phased out?
[The] UK’s science minister announced an ambitious plan: to phase out animal testing. ... The news follows similar moves by ...
A third start-up joins the race to create ethically-acceptable CRISPR babies
A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely ...
Rewriting the human code of life: Will we be able to afford the medical advances that gene editing and AI are fast making possible?
We are now in the second great wave of the genetic revolution, not defined by reading the human code of ...
As the U.S. reverses its support for climate change solutions, China’s dominance as the renewable energy superpower spreads to the developing world
As the United States torpedoes climate action and Europe struggles to realize its green ambitions, a surprising shift is taking ...
It would be incredible if we could breed plants that pests couldn’t gorge on. CRISPR is making it a reality
Insects that feed on starch can find veritable feasts in corn, pea, and bean crops or warehouses. It is no ...
Sustainable farming: How can we engineer crops to adapt to drought and other effects of a warming climate?
As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. A roadmap for how new ...
AI-designed viruses raise fears over creating life
A group of Stanford University scientists posted a paper online in mid-September, describing a feat that could have been plucked from the ...
Are chatbots sophisticated enough to debunk conspiracy theories?
Many people believe that you can’t talk conspiracists out of their beliefs. But that’s not necessarily true. It turns out ...
Biotechnology’s role in combating global food waste
A stark and heart-wrenching paradox haunts our modern world: while nearly one-tenth of humanity goes to bed hungry, a tidal ...
Will we ever have a sex robot?
Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, is trying to walk a fine line. On the one hand, he thinks that ...
About “genetic losers” and “mad genes”: My encounter with one of the most brilliant and controversial scientists of the genome era
The recent death of James Watson, co-discoverer with Francis Crick of the three-dimensional structure of the genetic material DNA, brought ...
Here is the origin of the term AGI—Artificial General Intelligence
[Artificial] general intelligence, or AGI, [is] the stage at which computers can match or surpass human intelligence. ... Prognosticators say ...
‘Biotech Barbie’ Manhattan Project: Will CRISPR babies escape the shadow of He Jiankui?
Cathy Tie left university to found her first biotechnology company at the age of 18. In the 11 years since, ...
