World's first synthetic cell with a complete life cycle could revolutionize biological engineering

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...

Mapping the hidden rules of a key immune sensor

The immune system depends on molecular alarms that detect danger inside cells. One of these alarms is STING, short for ...
Education Week

Inside a School Where Creative Writing Helps Teens Cope With Trauma

Jayden, a wavy-haired senior at Joel E. Ferris High School, acknowledges he hasn’t “had the greatest childhood.” Like a lot of kids growing up amid tumult and trauma, he’s acted out—drinking, smoking, ...
The Guardian

‘Like a Klingon prison’: inside Barack Obama’s audacious, near-windowless, $850m presidential library

Towering over a low-income area of Chicago, and wrapped in a speech that’s hard to decipher, this controversial monolith feels like a menacing sci-fi HQ. Is it a monument – or a mausoleum? The ...
People

Police Say Home 'Smelled Like Death.' Inside Were 2 Children Who'd Never Gone to School, Couldn't Read or Write

Michael Robbins, 34, and John Robbins, 68, were arrested on charges of abandoning or endangering a child with intent Temple Police Department (2) Michael Robbins, 34, and John Robbins, 68, were ...
Wall Street Journal

Inside Exxon’s Dilemma Over Returning to Venezuela

Exxon Mobil XOM-4.14%decrease; down pointing triangle is in talks with Venezuelan officials about returning to the oil-rich country after a 19-year exile. Yet many of the challenges that have long ...
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AI can write like a human - but scientists say it’s still dark on the inside

Can artificial intelligence ever become truly conscious, or is it only imitating human behavior? In this TED Talk, neuroscientist Anil Seth explains why systems like GPT and Claude may sound ...
The Hollywood Reporter

At Gawker, They Battled a Billionaire. 10 Years Later, the Scars Are Still Healing

At Gawker, They Battled a Billionaire. 10 Years Later, the Scars Are Still Healing Their weaponized wit made enemies, minted stars and helped define the internet as we know it. A decade after Peter ...
CBS News

"A breaking point": Inside the 68-day DHS shutdown

Over the past several weeks, CBS News has spoken with roughly two dozen Department of Homeland Security personnel spanning career civil servants, uniformed personnel and frontline staff about the ...