While some AI-designed drugs have made it to clinical trials, none of them have been approved. Why has it been harder than ...

While some AI-designed drugs have made it to clinical trials, none of them have been approved. Why has it been harder than experts thought? Plus, in “Mapmatics,” a mathematician tells the stories of ...

In "Mapmatics," a mathematician tells the stories of how math helps us track epidemics, map the seafloor, and plot a complex delivery route.

A 19th century doctor was able to pinpoint which homes were affected by contaminated water, and link that to cholera deaths ...

In “Replaceable You,” Mary Roach describes mind-boggling efforts to replace human body parts—and why it’s proven to be so ...

What does AI do with human feelings? To investigate its readiness to serve as a therapist, a neuroscientist took ChatGPT for ...

A nutrition scientist found that the reality show’s contestants’ metabolisms slowed after participating—and didn’t recover.

When the Nobel committee called, Fred Ramsdell did not pick up. Plus, searching ancient archaea for solutions to modern ...

We check in on some exciting space missions and projects from IMAP to LIGO. Plus, climate tech companies that have our attention.

A new book goes behind the scenes of the removal of four dams along the Klamath River, and the massive restoration effort ...

Colonization deprived us of the means to provide for our families and live a Yurok way of life. The Yurok people’s ability to ...