In August, bioengineers, chemists, plant biologists and food scientists based in China and Singapore came together in a closed hybrid conference with one ambitious goal: to unlock the massive economic
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. These bird flu virus particles (artificially coloured) were imaged by an
Scientists and science-fiction writers have long asked whether a nuclear explosion could change the course of an asteroid headed for Earth (artist’s impression).Credit: Detlev Van Ravenswaay/Science Photo Library A blast
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Joe Spring Associate Editor, Science The stories on artificial intelligence’s improving ability to predict extreme weather often begin with powerful hurricanes. As Scientific American detailed this year, when Hurricane Lee
The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI Jonathan Birch Oxford Univ. Press (2024) Can artificial intelligence (AI) feel distress? Do lobsters suffer in a