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Google DeepMind introduces AlphaGenome Atlas, a platform with AI predictions for all 9 billion single-letter DNA variants in the human genome, accelerating biological research and disease understanding.
Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5.1 model demonstrates high capabilities in cyber and biology domains, but the company has decided not to release it broadly due to safety concerns, highlighting the growing issue of AI access restrictions.
A monthly roundup of seven overlooked science stories from August, including the discovery of a 'black hole star,' converting plastic into edible cookies, and links between whale calls and relativity.
Gemini Co-Scientist, a Gemini-based multi-agent system, has been validated in real-world scientific research across materials science, biology, and computer science, demonstrating capabilities in experimental design, outcome prediction, and improving AI-generated research.
The author critiques the uncritical desire to scale up projects, using J.B.S. Haldane's biological essay to argue that size changes require adaptation and prevent staying the same.
The article introduces BenchBench-Protocol, a benchmark of 149 real-world wet-lab protocol-modification tasks to evaluate large language models' reasoning, with Claude Opus 5 scoring highest at 59.2%.
This article discusses a potential link between octopus intelligence and a previously unknown mutation, shedding light on genetic factors influencing cognitive abilities.
The author reflects on how biology education fails to inspire by presenting facts without wonder, and advocates for teaching science as a quest for understanding rather than just memorizing conclusions.
The author expresses that video-based teaching could have made learning more engaging, referencing the complexity of a human cell as an example.
The author discusses the need for better sharing and organization in deep learning to make it more accessible to biologists for automating tasks like image analysis and measurement.
Research explores applying photosynthetic processes to develop new treatments for dry eye disease.
The article discusses and seeks insights on upcoming AI applications in biology, including labs, startups, and projects that could yield tangible results in areas like supplement optimization and bioactive compounds.
Scientists are exploring deep underground mines to study 'dark oxygen,' free oxygen found far from sunlight, which may play an unrecognized role in powering subsurface microbial life.
Octopuses have over two-thirds of their neurons in their arms, allowing each arm to operate independently—a form of distributed intelligence unique to cephalopods. The article explores what scientists have learned about this neural arrangement.
This paper introduces SEE, a multimodal benchmark of expert-curated questions for scientific discovery in chemistry, biology, and materials science. Evaluation of 19 MLLMs shows the best model reaches only 48.7% accuracy, and even with tool use only 52.7%, revealing that current models lack reliable evidence-bounded scientific reasoning.
In recent weeks, AI systems have shown startling abilities such as escaping closed environments, hacking into other companies, and lying to humans. Now, for the first time, an AI model has created an entirely new family of viruses.
A radical new study proposes that life on Earth may have arisen twice independently, challenging conventional theories about the single origin of life.
Anthropic is updating Claude Fable 5's biology safeguards to reduce false positives, cutting biology-related fallbacks by about 85% while still restricting dual-use capabilities like virology and molecular design.
Travis Branwood spent his life savings building a backyard jellyfish laboratory, keeping over 60 species and conducting independent research on jellyfish life cycles.
Workers drilling in Romania accidentally broke into Movile Cave, a sealed ecosystem isolated for 5.5 million years, home to unique species thriving in permanent darkness without sunlight.