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AI-designed bacteriophages were capable of infecting and killing host bacteria. Credit: Lee D. Simon/Science Photo LibraryScientists have created the first ever viruses designed by artificial intelligence…

“I am a teenager, living in an age with war, corruption, discrimination, racism, sexism. But no one seems angry about it. People see the slight advances…

Must what goes up always come down? Sadia, via emailSend new questions to nq@theguardian.com.Readers replyI like Douglas Adams’ idea of flying: to throw yourself at the…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently told a US podcast that if he was graduating today, “I would feel like the luckiest kid in all of history.”Altman,…

This story contains descriptions of sexual assaults.In the darkness before dawn, Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr. took the last drag of a cigarette and looked out from…

The first time I miscarried, I blamed myself. After getting pregnant early on in our relationship, at 34, I had a flash of doubt that my partner…

I was gladdened to read Moya Sarner’s reflections on a life enhanced by deeper meaning and more textured joy (A better life is possible – but…

Buried in an ocean of flashy novelties announced by Apple this week, the tech giant also revealed new security technology for its latest iPhone 17 and…

While some humans find they have two left feet on the dancefloor, octopuses manage to coordinate eight highly flexible arms across a host of behaviours, from…

Unusual features found in rocks on Mars may be the handiwork of ancient microbial life that eked out an existence on the red planet billions of…