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Ever since Crispr-Cas9 gene-editing technology emerged in the early 2010s, ethical questions around genetically altered humans, so-called designer babies, have become increasingly urgent. There is already…

Name: “Greybeards.”Age: There’s a clue in the name.I’m thinking old, and probably male? Most likely. Certainly human, that’s the main thing.Are ZZ Top back on the…

March 19, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWhat animal are you? Humans and animals tend to like the same mating callsWhether it’s a canary’s…

Whenever I hear the phrase “human in the loop” as a desirable or best practice in reference to AI and education, I think of Homer Simpson. As fans of…

March 13, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm24 mice launched to orbit in 2023. What happened to their bodies could help humans better survive…

We’ve all instinctively clung to another person when frightened, if only as a child clutching our mother’s hand. But if that person is scared, too, this…

It was shaping up into another ordinary day at the Colorado headquarters of the small space startup Lunar Outpost last Friday when chief executive Justin Cyrus…

A.I.? You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act. A.I.?…

Nasa announced on Friday radical changes to its delayed Artemis III mission to land humans back on the moon, as the US space agency grapples with…

February 26, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmSex between Neandertals and anatomically modern humans tended to follow a specific patternInterbreeding between Neandertals and ancient…