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 ...

It sounds fictional, but the “science fiction science” or “sci-fi-sci” method is meant to predict the effects of real upcoming technologies on society before things take a dystopian turn. Researchers ...

In Part 1 of this series, I discussed the illusion of knowledge in the context of COVID-19 and explained how much of what we think we know is actually belief, taken as truth, because it came from a ...

“Magic’s just science that we don’t understand” said Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, English science fiction writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer and television series host. And why should we ...

Isaac Newton is a giant in the world of science. You might know him from his greatest hits: the laws of motion, gravity. While Newton didn't invent these forces of nature, he did figure out how they ...

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 ...

Using animals for biomedical research purposes has been a significant part of scientific studies for a long time.