AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely a mystery. By Carl Zimmer In 2024, two scientists from Google DeepMind ...

Like many Chinese Americans my age and older, I have fond memories of going to San Francisco’s now-scarce Chinese banquet halls to mark milestones and celebrations. My parents had a 600-person wedding ...

Some situations in life are zero-sum. On Super Bowl Sunday, two teams take the field but only one will emerge victorious, Vince Lombardi Trophy in hand. In a presidential election, only one candidate ...

A newly developed AI can predict which diseases specific genetic mutations are likely to cause, not just whether they are harmful. The breakthrough could speed up diagnoses and open new paths for ...

With the Powerball jackpot reaching nearly $1.8 billion for Saturday night's drawing, there's been lottery fever in the air. If you're one of the lucky ones whose $2 ticket ends up worth millions, ...

A glass colourful brain illumintaed on a background of cubes that are like switches illuminated Zero-sum thinking, the mentality that one person’s gain must come at the expense of another person’s ...

A new brain-computer interface can decode a person's inner monologue. That could help paralyzed people communicate, but also suggests scientists are one step closer to reading a person's thoughts. A ...

A new study tested a device trained to translate four participants' inner thoughts. Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images In recent years, scientists have been working on technology that could help ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

LOOK at the news or social media these days, and you might see a pattern. Stories are about groups in conflict, competing for limited resources, with the gains for some framed as losses for others. If ...