Clue: none of the ones its politicians obsess over

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to LL...

There was always going to be a complex reckoning in the obituaries of James D Watson (1928–2025), the American geneticist who co-discovered the structure of DNA. For many years, Watson was one of the ...

A report describing an a highly sophisticated AI-led cyberattack

The software monopoly that powers American hospitals wasn’t built for the data, speed, or intelligence the future of medicine demands.

The NHS is seeking further funding from government to help it absorb extra costs of about £3bn a year arising from a new drug pricing deal, partly inspired by the threat of tariffs on UK medicines mad...

The FDA is continuing its push to adopt emerging artificial intelligence tools, this time unveiling an

Abstract. The Ensembl project (https://www.ensembl.org) is a public and open resource providing access to genomes, annotations, high-quality tools, and met

For many it’s not funny, given the political heat around language choices

AI forces a return to “natural philosophy,” just as science once needed to leave it

In a recent lecture Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, talked about how setbacks driven by misinformation can be temporary and how evidence and data can rebuild confidence. He was speaking...

La prise en charge globale en oncologie revêt des enjeux particuliers lorsque le cancer frappe un enfant. Au-delà des soins et des soins de support, l’accompagnement entend aider les enfants ainsi que...

Nobel prize winner shaped medicine, crimefighting and genealogy but later years marred by racist remarks James D Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to his former research lab. He was 97. The breakthrough – made when the brash, Chicago-born Watson was just 24 – turned him into a hallowed figure in the world of science for decades. But near the end of his life, he faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people were less intelligent than white people. Continue reading...

If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

After a man lives nearly nine months with a pig kidney, two American firms are preparing clinical trials

The UK is facing a pharma exodus. Major pharmaceutical companies have withdrawn about £2 billion in proposed investment from the country, blaming insufficient government investment. Central to the dis...

Will the labs devour the apps that run on their models?

Redefining Precision Medicine

The industry has fostered a cult of personality that seems to leave the tech press starstruck and unquestioning of nonsensical claims

The UK is facing a pharma exodus. Major pharmaceutical companies have withdrawn about £2 billion in proposed investment from the country, blaming insufficient government investment. Central to the dis...

They are pushing tools to the edge, scaling up and relying on fuzzy maths