We sat down with two prominent AI artists to talk about their projects and their quest to create new genres.

From paint in tubes to typewriters to photography to digital art, the history of creativity is a history of disruptive technologies.

The emergence of generative AI signals an important inflection point for artists.

Costa Rica’s famed sloths harbor bacteria in their fur which can create antibiotic compounds — a potential source of future therapies.

Carnegie Mellon researchers want to return a sense of touch to touchscreens.

A study found that couples who co-parent together display similar brain activity, suggesting they become greatly attuned to each other.

Playing “joyful” music can reduce the symptoms of cybersickness from VR, according to a small study out of Scotland.

The FDA has approved the world’s first vaccine for RSV, a potentially deadly viral infection that has long eluded vaccination.

The FDA approval of the first fecal transplant pill could kick off an era in which we target the gut microbiome to treat many other diseases.

The last decade has seen a steep drop in adult friendships and a worrying increase in loneliness. Is this the cost of our modern life?

Israel’s Brenmiller Energy has opened what is believed to be the first thermal energy storage gigafactory in the world.

Columbia University’s new robot hand can deftly manipulate objects without seeing them, allowing it to work in complete darkness.

Armed with a DoD grant, researchers are harnessing the genetic code of ancient viral infections to fight prostate cancer.

There were 16.5 million electric vehicles on the world’s roads in 2020 - this is expected to rise to 300 million by 2030.

Researchers have measured gamma waves, a sign of brain activity, in patients who were dying.

Eli Lilly’s new Alzheimer’s drug, donanemab, slowed cognitive decline by 35% in a phase 3 trial, but two people died from side effects.

Self-organising networks of tiny silver wires appear to learn and remember in much the same way as the thinking hardware in our heads.

An EEG device that’s worn in the ear during sleep could help doctors diagnose Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s long before symptoms appear.

Nature-based solutions can be radical — think covering a highway with a park — but offer meaningful ways to address pollution.

Taxes are confusing. Here’s a guide to understanding how and why we pay them.

Tech giant Apple is developing an app with an AI health coach to help you live a healthier lifestyle, according to a Bloomberg report.

A Harvard study found that a new gene therapy that reprograms cells to their younger state can reverse NAION-caused vision loss in primates.

More than a third of Americans don’t log enough hours in bed, provoking serious health impacts. Diet is an important, under-recognized reason.

Online dating is so mainstream that you’re an outlier if you haven’t met your partner on an app — so why not AI?

Built Robotics has unveiled an autonomous construction robot that speeds up the installation of utility-scale solar farms.

The UAE’s high-resolution images of Mars’ moon Deimos suggest that the tiny satellite isn’t what we thought it was.

The world’s first lab-grown fish filets are able to match the texture of real fish thanks to 3D printing technology.

CATL, the largest manufacturer of EV batteries in the world, has announced a new super powerful one — but details are light.

The discovery of an "anxiety gene" — and a natural way to put the brakes on it — in mice could lead to new treatments for anxiety disorders.

With healthcare, it is not enough to spot patterns: we need to understand biological mechanisms. Ai can help us do it.

Nearly 40% of the time spent on domestic chores could be automated within a decade, researchers estimate.

While NASA prepares to launch its lunar space station, other groups are working to ensure we still have an off-world home closer to Earth.

MIT and Stanford researchers have completed the first real-world assessment of chatbot AI in the workplace

A new brain cancer treatment not only cured 100% of mice that received it, but also trained their immune systems to fight future cancers.

Google has rolled out a suite of coding capabilities for Bard AI in 20 different programming languages.

As people grow older, they gain greater control of their feelings. How do they do that — and can they teach young people a thing or two?

A new brain imaging technique that generates ultra-high resolution images of mouse brains could revolutionize neuroscience research.

Ghana and Nigeria have become the first two nations to approve Oxford’s vaccine against malaria.

What is FTD, the type of dementia that leads to inappropriate social behavior, impulsivity, and loss of empathy?

A first-of-its-kind soccer robot built by researchers at UCLA is heading to France to compete in the annual RoboCup.

A new drug delivery system for pancreatic tumors could dramatically decrease medication dosages, helping minimize unpleasant side effects.

The famous placebo effect has a long, rich history — it certainly had an outsized role in the medicine of centuries past.

The explosion of art made with GPTs and the new market created by NFTs will usher in a Virtual Renaissance that defines 21st century art.

GM-backed Cruise has announced that it can now operate its driverless car service 24/7 in San Francisco.

The World Mosquito Project’s plan is to introduce bacteria-carrying mosquitoes to stop the spread of dengue.

There are many techniques to search for planets orbiting other stars. Perhaps the simplest of these is called direct imaging, but it's not easy.

Boeing engineers who grew up folding paper planes at family days have broken the distance flight record.

New research into terminal lucidity could revolutionize our understanding of dementia — and maybe even give us a way to reverse it.

Guided conversations with the terminally ill are popular with patients, families and doctors. But are they truly beneficial?

Using decades-old data, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created a comprehensive Venus volcano map.

Scientists are starting to agree that the "holy grail" solution for Alzheimer's is more likely to be a drug cocktail than a single treatment.

The Nancy Roman Telescope is already being built with a goal no smaller than to find inhabited planets beyond Earth.

A team of Stanford and MIT researchers have engineered bacteria to create a topical tumor treatment and preventative effective in mice.

To help scientists conduct microgravity experiments, UK startup Gravitilab has developed a drone that drops them from high above the Earth.

A small, yet growing number of people are starting to choose funeral options outside traditional burial or cremation.

Swedish mobility startup Luvly has unveiled an ultra-efficient $11,000 microcar, Luvly O, for urban transportation.

A robot from Seaweed Generation will drag chunks of sargassum 200 meters deep until they burst and die.

MindMed and University Hospital Basel have announced top line results for their phase 2 trial.

Thanks to a leaked video from a TED presentation, we now have our first glimpse at secretive startup Humane’s wearable tech.

Tardigrades have been frozen, boiled, exposed to extreme doses of radiation, and remarkably still survive. How?

After flying for the first time on March 29, Dawn Aerospace’s rocket-powered spaceplane, the Mk-II Aurora, flew again the very next day.

During SpaceX’s first Starship launch attempt, the massive spacecraft made it off the pad, but exploded before reaching space.

Ants were just as accurate as cancer-sniffing dogs. Better yet, they could be trained in minutes rather than months.

In a study of CPR patients across the US and UK, researchers found new evidence about near-death experiences.

Tech platform Hydreight wants to help nurses go into business for themselves by being a turnkey solution.

China plans to start testing an ambitious plan to build moon bases using a robot mason and dirt bricks as soon as 2028.

Small Pharma has announced the results of a six-month follow-up for their phase 2a trial of DMT for depression.

We're detecting and aggressively treating more tumors than ever before. But we're also over-treating more cancers then ever.

A trial of “Sunshine Calls” found that the empathy-based phone calls helped reduce depression symptoms in older patients.

MIT researchers have turned a system found in bacteria into programmable “nanosyringes” for injecting proteins into human cells.

Three of Jupiter’s moons – Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – are home to large, underground oceans of liquid water that could support life.

Google has unveiled MusicLM, an advanced AI music generator that can produce audio based on a short text description.

NASA has unveiled Mars Dune Alpha, a simulated Mars base where volunteers will live like Mars astronauts for a year at a time.

The Drake Passage is one of the most turbulent ocean regions on Earth, but exploring it could help scientists understand how carbon sinks.

Tufts University has unveiled a new technique for producing lab-grown fat that could improve the taste and texture of cultured meat.

Engineered nanoparticles could make ocean fertilization a viable weapon in the battle against climate change.

Scientific papers have been getting harder to read over time; AI might help reverse the trend.

A cybersecurity researcher explains how you can use your phone to make passwords a thing of the past.

A new technique for making super-thin, lightweight space telescope mirrors could dramatically improve our view of space.

Through clever prompts, OpenAI's red team and public "jailbreakers" are revealing the holes in GPT-4's guardrails.

If nuclear reactors are retired, polluting energy sources that fill the gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths.

New glasses use sonar sensing technology and AI to allow users to control devices via silent, mouthed commands.

A potentially lifesaving treatment to stop severe postpartum hemorrhage could soon be more accessible to the people who need it the most.

New AI models, called ALMs, could help chatbots stay connected to reality.

A new silicon anode material for EV batteries can boost a vehicle’s range by 20% while cutting down on charging times.

Macaque monkeys reduce their social networks as they get older – research suggests evolutionary roots of the same pattern in elderly people.

Autonomous flight startup Xwing has filed for approval to do crewless cargo flights, a first step towards pilotless commercial aviation.

It takes around 17 years for medical research to translate into clinical practice — why not use EMR data to speed things up?

Caltech researchers have created an interactive map of Mars that lets anyone explore the surface of the Red Planet in unprecedented detail.

Rice University's new drug delivery tech uses biodegradable microparticles to administer medications exactly when and where they are needed.

The world needs a tuberculosis vaccine, but the challenge trials that could help are impossible to run. Two new approaches look to change that.

Steam cars went extinct because gas-powered cars became far more convenient. Will technology ever bring back the steam car?

A live attenuated vaccine for COVID-19 that delivered via a nasal spray outperformed several shots in a preclinical study.

Now that falling launch costs are making space more accessible, hundreds of groups are looking for ways to make money off-world.

Large-scale additive manufacturing, like 3D printing, involves building objects one layer at a time, transforming architecture as we know it.

Using patient data and AI, French researchers have created a digital model of the brain to figure out which brain region needs removed.

Chinese rocket startup Space Pioneer successfully reached orbit on its first try, something no private company has done before.

Math and logic are a weakness for chatbot AIs like GPT-4. Access to Excel may help change that.

Just like today with AI, people worried about the printing press' effect on job security and the spread of disinformation.