Technology
A Snaky Use for CRISPR
Indiana Jones would love to hear about this new application for the gene-editing technology.
Ray Kurzweil Still Lives in Utopia
The futurist doubles down on the Singularity in his latest book.
A Reality Check on Superhuman AI
What’s missing from a bold new prediction of rapid progress in artificial intelligence.
Color-Coding Crops for Climate Change
Novel ways to use gene-editing to make farming more sustainable.
Consciousness, Creativity, and Godlike AI
American writer Meghan O’Gieblyn on when the mind is alive.
How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills?
A new study suggests that so-called emergent abilities actually develop gradually and predictably, depending on how you measure them.











