The deadly H5 form of bird flu that has cut a swath across North America and elsewhere for the past five years has finally been detected in Australia. So what’s stopping this virus turning into the ...

The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

Scientists have created the world’s first man-made cell that can eat, grow and reproduce. Called SpudCell, it is the work of ...

"We’re hoping we’re really starting the true age of bioeconomy, enabling technology that will let people engineer biology." ...

First, harmful genetic mutations that manifest themselves when we're elderly aren't being weeded out by evolution – at that ...

The invasive tick species can reproduce without mating, allowing for rapid population growth. Local agricultural officials ...

For all the ambition packed into humanity's plans for Mars colonies, lunar bases, and permanent off-world settlements, one fundamental question has quietly gone unanswered: can humans actually ...

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Abstract: Traditional human-robot interfaces usually have limitations in accuracy and/or operational space. This article proposes a natural human-robot interface using an adaptive tracking method, ...

Having kids is “not simply a matter of affordability, the buzzword so often invoked to explain why people are choosing to have smaller families,” says Anna Louie Sussman. Overall, people are “having ...

The Anchoress has returned with the synth-led new single ‘I Had a Baby Not A Lobotomy’ along with details of new album ‘As We Once Were’. Check it out below along with our interview with Catherine ...

Engineers building browser agents today face a choice between closed APIs they cannot inspect and open-weight frameworks with no trained model underneath them. Ai2 is now offering a third option. The ...