The NIH is by far the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research, with an annual budget of US$47 billion paying for ...

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Without clear protocols to catch errors, artificial intelligence’s growing role in science could do more harm than good.

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Scientists working on artificial intelligence are more confident than the public that the technology will benefit people.

Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.