AI and data science are no longer specialist skills confined to computational biology departments; they are core tools of the modern life science research workflow. From machine learning (ML) models ...

Check out Python’s powerful new linters and profiling tools, and learn how virtual environments can save you time and trouble. Meta’s long-awaited Pyrefly linter is out in a 1.0 version, and the ...

Thomas Mulligan examines the profound biological transformations and chromosomal shifts experienced by explorers venturing beyond Earth's atmosphere. Trump makes yet another addition to the White ...

This study abroad program is designed to explore the intersection of genetics, culture, ethics, and public policy in a global context. London and Scotland offer uniquely rich educational environments ...

GitHub confirmed on May 20 that a poisoned VS Code extension installed on an employee’s device gave attackers access to roughly 3,800 internal repositories at the Microsoft-owned code storage and ...

CANCERS ARE real biological cheats. Whereas most of the cells in a healthy animal’s body get along by following the same set of genetic rules, cancer cells shamelessly ignore them. Healthy cells, for ...

Not all parts of our genetic code are equal, even when they appear to say the same thing. Scientists have discovered that cells can detect less efficient genetic instructions and selectively silence ...

If Google’s AI researchers had a sense of humor, they would have called TurboQuant, the new, ultra-efficient AI memory compression algorithm announced Tuesday, “Pied Piper” — or, at least that’s what ...

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases—the molecular "letters" of life—have been detected in samples from the asteroid Ryugu. Asteroid particles offer a glimpse into the chemical ...

The asteroid Ryugu imaged by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft in 2018 JAXA / Kevin M. Gill via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-2.0 The asteroid Ryugu, millions of miles away from Earth, might not look that ...