Researchers used AI and deep learning to find a link between brain structure and navigation skills but found no measurable ...

Researchers simulated nearly every molecule in a bacterial cell — and then watched the cell grow and reproduce.

Late in 2025, we covered the development of an AI system called Evo that was trained on massive numbers of bacterial genomes. So many that, when prompted with sequences from a cluster of related genes ...

Using a tool to solve a protein's structure, for most researchers in the world of structural biology and computational chemistry, is not unlike using the Rosetta Stone to unlock the secrets of ancient ...

Could the mysteries of cognition be revealed in the interactions between minds, not just the operation of the brain in isolation? This is the question behind two recent studies by Guillaume Dumas, a ...

A series where we find out which products the professionals (who really know what they’re talking about) actually use and really stand behind. Read more here. Board games are an entertaining way to ...

Established in 1945 under the Charter of the United Nations, the General Assembly occupies a central position as the chief deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations.

Executive function is a set of skills that help you get things done. These skills are controlled by an area of your brain called the frontal lobe, and they help you do things such as manage your time, ...

This story appears in the January 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Every summer, on the first weekend in August, thousands of twins converge on Twinsburg, Ohio, a small town southeast of ...

This page is no longer being updated and reflects the status of vaccine progress through March 4, 2021. For more coverage about the pandemic, visit our coronavirus hub. 3 vaccineshave been determined ...

The immune system is a complex network that finds pathogens, removes damaged cells, and launches immune responses to protect the body from infection. White blood cells drive this defense: phagocytes ...