AI could learn and adapt like humans with algorithms that work like genes.

Experiments once considered crazy are now helping scientists attack tumors.

DNA mutations are hard to fix. Scientists are trying another approach.

We can defeat superbugs by staying one step ahead of them.

To beat our worst enemy, we must first let it grow.

Genetic diseases that puzzle lab scientists are being solved by quantitative biologists.

Step aside, Dr. House, Deep Nose will one day be the best diagnostician in medicine.

Carbon sequestration could slow or reverse human emissions—and nothing is better at sequestration than a green plant.

Computational biology is uncovering the immune system’s tricks for identifying foreign invaders.

We need a diversity of crops to adapt to Earth’s changing climate.

Using data-mining techniques, doctors have discovered dozens of anti-tumor drugs hiding in plain sight.

Palm oil is an environmental scourge. Plant biology has a solution.

Genetic analysis reveals a complex tale of migrations and cross-species trysts in our human past

As scientists grapple with the global pandemic, preprint servers let information be free—and fast

Genetic engineering will bring us new Bolts and Shaqs.