While some AI-designed drugs have made it to clinical trials, none of them have been approved. Why has it been harder than experts thought? Plus, in “Mapmatics,” a mathematician tells the stories of ...

In "Mapmatics," a mathematician tells the stories of how math helps us track epidemics, map the seafloor, and plot a complex delivery route.

In “Replaceable You,” Mary Roach describes mind-boggling efforts to replace human body parts—and why it’s proven to be so ...

What does AI do with human feelings? To investigate its readiness to serve as a therapist, a neuroscientist took ChatGPT for ...

A nutrition scientist found that the reality show’s contestants’ metabolisms slowed after participating—and didn’t recover.

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We check in on some exciting space missions and projects from IMAP to LIGO. Plus, climate tech companies that have our attention.

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