AI Creates the First Functional Synthetic Viruses in the Laboratory
Researchers at Stanford University have developed, with the help of generative artificial intelligence, the first fully functional viruses that do not exist in nature. The…
Scientists Propose a New Way to Search for Signs of Alien Intelligence
The search for extraterrestrial life may be overlooking an important type of evidence: signs of intelligence that do not rely on advanced technology or are…
Avi Loeb suggests that alien probes may use synthetic biology
Astrophysicist Avi Loeb proposed that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations may develop forms of intelligence based on synthetic biology, rather than necessarily relying on silicon-based computers like…
Avi Loeb and Beatriz Villarroel disagree about lights from the 1950s
Avi Loeb and Beatriz Villarroel are at the center of a scientific debate over luminous points recorded on photographic plates from the Palomar Sky Survey…
Evolutionary biologist questions AI consciousness after experiment
British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins reported having an experience that led him to reconsider his views on artificial intelligence and consciousness. After a three-day interaction…
Startup wants to clone human bodies without a brain
An American startup is developing a plan to grow human bodies that are genetically identical to those of its clients — but without the ability…
Alien life may be purple
The image of the “little green man” may have been wrong for decades. A study from Cornell University, in the United States, suggests that life…
Space weather may be “hiding” messages from alien civilizations, study suggests
A new scientific study proposes an intriguing explanation for one of astronomy’s biggest questions: why we have not yet found signs of intelligent life in…
Magnetic anomaly in Australia resembles the shape of the continent
A curious discovery has caught the attention of the scientific community in Australia: geologists have mapped a strange magnetic anomaly in the Northern Territory that,…