Nurses and patients in some US assisted living facilities will receive an antibody drug to prevent covid-19 infection, according to drug company Eli Lilly. The drug: Early in the coronavirus pandemic, companies searched the blood of covid-19 survivors for potent antibodies against the novel virus. Eli Lilly’s drug is one of these Y shaped proteins—it’s…
A few simple health measures can estimate your “fitness age” — whether your body is biologically older — or younger — than your chronological age.
Dementia affects 47 million individuals worldwide, and assuming the status quo is projected to rise to 150 million by 2050. Prevention of age-related …
With politicians struggling to curb AI harms, it’s boom time for tech lawyers.
Science is about to become much more exciting—and that will affect us all, argues Google’s former CEO.
Science is about to become much more exciting—and that will affect us all, argues Google’s former CEO.
eGenesis has started transplanting gene-edited pigs’ hearts into infant baboons—and humans may be next.
Scientists are engineering microbes to make healthier compounds. They hope they’ll help treat disease and save the planet.
The Modern Turing Test would measure what an AI can do in the world, not just how it appears. And what is more telling than…
Scientists at startup Sublime Systems want to fix one of our biggest climate nightmares.
