Listening in on neural activity is a promising way of restoring the ability to communicate for people whose bodies no longer can. Artificial neural networks are the key middleman in the process.

Coral reefs share genetic material across wide areas, with help from ocean currents. This ability is especially important during episodes like the mass bleaching currently occurring.

Satellite data shows the amount of food the residents of the tiny Pacific island have grown over time, pointing to a small but stable population.

AI has learned the ins and outs of proteins. Gene editing gives scientists control of life’s molecular machinery. Together they could lead to a revolution in biotechnology.

AIs that can see and hear have captured the public imagination. A machine learning expert explains why the sense of smell has lagged behind – and why that could change.

A data privacy expert explains how machine learning algorithms draw inferences and how that leads to privacy concerns.

Scientists are discovering viral genetic sequences in the wild faster than they can analyze them. A kind of ChatGPT for proteins can help make sense of all that data.

Just as human biases show up in machine learning systems, so, too, do people’s vagaries and vicissitudes.

Food fraud costs billions globally. But blockchain and machine learning offer hope for a more transparent and safer food system.

The toll on wildlife from illegal fishing, bycatch and entanglement in fishing gear is likely underestimated, because it doesn’t account for ‘dark’ fishing vessels, a new study finds.