Edison is the commercial spinout of FutureHouse, an AI scientist non-profit backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and co-founded by Sam Rodriques, PhD, former group leader at the Francis Crick ...

Conducting research is hard; confirming the results is, too. And artificial intelligence isn’t yet ready to help, a major new ...

Prestigious international award recognizes landmark discoveries in biomedical and global health research. TORONTO, March 31, 2026 /CNW/ - The Gairdner Foundation today announced the nine 2026 Canada ...

Cerf’s February 2026 Communications Cerf’s Up column, “Does AI Now Represent a Paradigm Shift?” rightly characterizes modern ...

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies ...

A robot named Adam was the first of its kind to do science. Adam mimicked a biologist. After coming up with questions to ask about yeast, the machine tested those questions inside a robotic laboratory ...

The race to develop a virtual scientist — an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication — has consumed researchers, start-up founders, and tech juggernauts alike. It ...

Noubar Afeyan is founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering. He is also cofounder and board chair of Moderna. Massachusetts has long been a hotbed for innovation. Rebellious ideas — channeled through the ...

In 1995, a Norwegian scientific rocket was mistaken for a nuclear missile by Russian radar. Early warning systems flagged it as a possible first strike. Nuclear command protocols were activated within ...

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