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The March of the Mushroom Robots

Scientists are making mycelia-machine hybrids that can crawl and roll.

September 30, 2024

In the Beginning, There Was Computation

Life is code, and code is life, in nature as it is in technology.

August 19, 2024

How to Solve the Drone Traffic Problem

For a clear path, follow the birds.

August 16, 2024

Who’s Smarter: AI or a 5-Year-Old?

A faceoff between the most advanced large language model and a regular kid.

August 15, 2024

The Galaxies in Your Eyes

The eyes in deepfake photos give them away.

August 1, 2024

 A Snaky Use for CRISPR

Indiana Jones would love to hear about this new application for the gene-editing technology.

July 25, 2024

The Unpredictability of Life

Why academic outcomes resist machine learning.

July 24, 2024

Ray Kurzweil Still Lives in Utopia

The futurist doubles down on the Singularity in his latest book.

July 17, 2024

A Reality Check on Superhuman AI

What’s missing from a bold new prediction of rapid progress in artificial intelligence.

June 20, 2024

Color-Coding Crops for Climate Change

Novel ways to use gene-editing to make farming more sustainable.

May 8, 2024

Why Animals Run Faster than Robots

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

May 7, 2024

Consciousness, Creativity, and Godlike AI

American writer Meghan O’Gieblyn on when the mind is alive.

May 2, 2024