Defense
At Hiroshima, Leaders Should Choose to End All Nuclear Threats
Facing Russia’s nuclear threats, the U.S. and its allies must not whitewash their own
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Food
Science Shows Why Traditional Kimchi Making Works So Well
A new study reveals why handmade fermentation vessels called onggi stand the test of time
Animals
Lab-Grown Monkey Embryos Reveal in 3-D How Organs Begin
At 25 days old, these specimens could be the oldest primate embryos ever grown outside the womb
Public Health
Astronomy Tool Can Now Detect COVID in Breath
Laser-based optical frequency combs, originally developed to time atomic clocks, can also perform fast, noninvasive tests for COVID—and potentially other diseases as well
Artificial Intelligence
How AI Knows Things No One Told It
Researchers are still struggling to understand how AI models trained to parrot Internet text can perform advanced tasks such as running code, playing games and trying to break up a marriage...
Food
Tweaking Vegetables’ Genes Could Make Them Tastier—And You’ll Get to Try Them Soon
Flavor is a tricky target, but technology and powerful genetic techniques are making it more feasible to improve the taste of vegetables
Biotech
Virtual Reality System Lets You Stop and Smell the Roses
A wireless device worn on the face or lip can produce fragrances such as lavender and green tea in a virtual world
Engineering
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: May 2023
King Tut’s bountiful tomb; music from fire
Biotech
Bionic Finger ‘Sees’ Inside Objects by Poking Them
A robotic finger’s supersensitive touches could probe inside body parts and circuits
Biotech
Proteins Never Seen in Nature Are Designed Using AI to Address Biomedical and Industrial Problems Unsolved by Evolution
Bioengineers are drawing on rapidly evolving machine-learning tools, deep reservoirs of data and the firepower of a program called AlphaFold2 to pursue more sophisticated de novo protein designs...
