Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications ...

For much of modern biology, scientists argued that viruses are not alive, pointing to a basic limitation: they cannot make proteins on their own and must depend entirely on the cells they infect for ...

It’s a digital wolf in sheep’s clothing. A Toronto college student has issued a warning to the public after nearly falling prey to an insidious new human test scam proliferating on the internet, which ...

This week in the scientific process: researchers reported the first-ever shark sighted in Antarctic waters. Penguins beware!

Biochemists at Caltech have identified how viruses have converged on a method for killing bacteria. The researchers have homed in on an underexplored small transporter called MurJ that is a vital part ...

Imagine handing the nuclear launch codes to the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence. You’d hope the machine would ...

Use CDC‑inspired tools, puzzles and clues to identify a fictional disease source, contain it and present your findings.

In an early animal test, a new nasal-spray vaccine has shown promise against a variety of germs and a common allergen, scientists report.

How a new AI model could help us better understand noncoding DNA, how doctors kept a man alive without lungs for two days, and what a peculiar flower can teach us about evolution ...