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Synthetic biology is handing the design of medicine-making microbes to machine learning. We look at what AI-guided strain engineering has actually delivered, where it still stalls, and what the evidence supports.
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Convergent Evolution Keeps Repeating Itself. Can AI Explain Why?
Convergent evolution gave bats and dolphins sonar and turned lobster relatives into crabs. Machine learning is now finding the genes behind these repeats. Here is what the evidence shows.
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Lab-Grown Meat Meets AI: Can Algorithms Make Cultivated Protein Affordable?
Growth medium is the costliest part of lab-grown meat. We examine how AI and machine learning are redesigning it, what the evidence shows, and where the claims run ahead.
Your Genome Might Be Training an AI. Can Pipelines Keep Up?
Genome data is feeding AI models faster than privacy rules can follow. See how bioinformatics pipelines, federated learning and secure data access are adapting.
Scientific AI Is Running Out of Chips, Not Ideas
Why chips, memory and power now limit scientific AI more than ideas do, what the evidence says about who can train big models, and what researchers can do about it.
Can AI Spot the Next Zoonotic Spillover Before It Starts?
Health agencies are betting on AI to predict zoonotic spillover. We review what the models can do, where the data lets them down, and what WHO is building.
Protein Language Models Can Now Dream Up Enzymes Nature Never Made
Protein language models can write enzymes unlike anything in nature. We review the peer-reviewed evidence on what works, what fails and what comes next.
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AI therapy is being tested in real clinical trials. We read the 2025 and 2026 evidence on chatbot therapy for depression and anxiety, the safety gaps, and what regulators say.
