In the study, researchers created an AI-powered computer “worm” designed to attack and spread between devices—revealing a ...

It’s a weird time to be studying computer science. Recent grads have a higher unemployment rate than those in just about every other major—yes, even philosophy. The internet is littered with rants ...

Quantum Backrooms is a horror game in which the player explores eerie rooms. The twist is that the rooms have been generated ...

In evolutionary biology, all life on Earth is theoretically part of a single phylogenetic tree, indicating common ancestry.

Scientists in Germany have pulled off a staggering computing feat by fully simulating a 50-qubit quantum computer for the first time ever using Europe’s new exascale supercomputer, JUPITER. The ...

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Scientists mapped the Bas63 bacteriophage in unprecedented detail, uncovering how its tail machinery infects bacteria. The structure reveals rare whisker-collar features and distant evolutionary ties ...

Global health officials are tracking an outbreak of Ebola caused by a rare species of orthoebolavirus called the Bundibugyo virus that has so far killed more than 130 people and infected more than 500 ...

Climate change is likely to shift the distribution of virus-carrying rodents, potentially increasing the risk of spillover, when viruses make the jump from animals to humans. This will likely expose ...

Here’s what to know about the symptoms and spread of the virus, which has sickened people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. By Dani Blum Global health officials are raising alarms about ...

Six years after COVID-19 first made headlines, an antiviral pill has finally been shown to stop users from developing the disease after being exposed to the virus. The drug, called ensitrelvir, was ...

Ida Sim is a major force behind the advancement of digital medicine — one who works largely behind the scenes on the gnarly technical problems that keep patients’ health data siloed. More than a ...