The wheel changed the course of history for all of humanity. But its invention is shrouded in mystery. Imagine you’re a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 BCE. Day after day, you haul copper ore through the mine’s sweltering tunnels. You’ve resigned yourself to the grueling

New molecular shuttles can carry antibodies and enzymes to treat cancer and other brain diseases. Our brain is a fortress. Its delicate interior is completely surrounded by a protective wall called the blood-brain barrier. True to its name, the barrier separates contents in the blood and the brain.

The number of scientific papers relying on AI has quadrupled, and the scope of problems AI can tackle expands by the day. Modern artificial intelligence is a product of decades of painstaking scientific research. Now, it’s starting to pay that effort back by accelerating progress across academia.

Scientists are converting immune cells into super-soldiers that can hunt down and destroy cancer cells. CAR T therapy has been transformative in the battle against deadly cancers. Scientists extract a patient’s own immune cells, genetically engineer them to target a specific type of cancer, and

This framework can help you understand where AI provides value. If you’ve worried that AI might take your job, deprive you of your livelihood, or maybe even replace your role in society, it probably feels good to see the latest AI tools fail spectacularly. If AI recommends glue as a pizza topping,