Science

My work in making artificial intelligence fair has been noticed by US officials intent on ending ‘class warfare propaganda’.

Silas Fischer, a PhD candidate at the University of Toledo, has been studying Gray Vireos since they were an undergraduate.

Gardening experts give us their best tips for a truly enviable garden.

The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

Stephen S. Hall on writing his new book ’Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World’

You have full access to this article via your institution. Are quantum computers worth the billions that are being invested in them? The answer is probably many years away.

In the pantheon of modern physics, few figures can match the quiet authority of Gerard ’t Hooft.

The bizarre link between your anti-anxiety drugs and salmon. For those of us with anxiety (hello!), the class of prescription drugs known as benzodiazepines, or benzos, can be a boon in times of crisis. Though they are addictive, they’re pretty good at chilling us out.

Back in 2020, a major milestone of progress emerged: a very accurate biomarker in the plasma —p-Tau217—for tracking brain neuropathology, without the need for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF, requiring a lumbar puncture) or a PET scan.

A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal cord injury. The Japanese man was one of four individuals in a first-of-its-kind trial that used reprogrammed stem cells to treat people who are fully paralysed.