At the turn of the 20th century, William Hoy transformed Major League Baseball. The most prominent deaf player in history, he taught his team American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate on the field ...

As AI demand for computing power surges, companies are searching for new ways to fuel data centers. One startup is now proposing floating data centers powered by ocean waves, and they just raised $140 ...

"In 1966, the English mathematician IJ Good wrote that 'an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines; there would then unquestionably be an "intelligence explosion," and the ...

The bacteria grew, thrived, and divided for hundreds of generations. But they were unlike any other living creatures on Earth. These synthetic cells, called Ec19, were the first to have had one ...

AI has aced medical exams, but there's a wide gap between tests and the real world. A new study suggests the divide is closing. Emergency doctors make high-stakes decisions in fast-paced, often ...

As robots move into the real world, they’ll need to become more adaptable. But right now, it’s hard to transfer skills from one machine to another. A new system makes this possible. One of the most ...

AI long ago surpassed humans at games like chess and Go. Now it's powering robots that can challenge top athletes. Peter Dürr could barely follow the table-tennis ball as it zoomed across the net, ...

"Not everything about our lives can be measured and automated and optimized, and it shouldn’t be. And so the tech industry is rushing forward to put AI everywhere at enormous cost—energy, emissions, ...

Humanoid robots are Silicon Valley’s latest obsession, but real-world performance has lagged the hype. That may be starting to change, however, after a robot beat the human record for a half marathon ...

A single shot transforms the mice’s brains into biomanufacturing machines. Blood proteins churn the injected chemicals into a soft, flexible electrode mesh that seamlessly wraps around delicate ...

In a step toward biological computing, brain organoids rewired their networks as they learned to balance a digital pole on a cart. Try balancing a ruler vertically on the palm of your hand while ...

Five years ago, scientists watched in wonder as synthetic bacteria grew and split into daughter cells. The bacteria’s extremely stripped-down genome still supported its entire life cycle. It was a ...