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Bioinformatics Is Becoming the Operating System for Biology
Bioinformatics was once the discipline that helped scientists make sense of biological data. It is becoming something much more ambitious.…
The Brain Is Becoming a New Interface. Who Will Build the World Around It?
For decades, computers have been designed around the limits of the human body: keyboards, screens, microphones, cameras and touchscreens. Neurotechnology…
Your Genome Was Never Meant to Be Compared With One Perfect Human
A human genome sequence dissolving into a vast, interconnected landscape of many different human genomes, suggesting that there is no…
The Hospital May Be Becoming Less Important
The future of healthcare may depend less on building bigger hospitals and more on building systems that know when a…
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A Piece of Another Solar System Just Passed Through Ours. What Can It Tell Us About Home?
An object formed around another star has given scientists an unprecedented opportunity to study a fragment of another planetary system…
Your Body May Be Telling You How Fast You Are Ageing Without You Knowing It
The next generation of longevity medicine may use the ordinary patterns of everyday life to understand how each person's health…
The Next Human-Machine Revolution May Begin When You Stop Giving Computers Instructions
The next stage of human-machine symbiosis may not begin with a computer inside your brain. It may begin with something…
