Biotech

Not Brain Surg—Oh
An AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain
A biotech startup let an agent choose a gene therapy and successfully inject the treatment, offering a startling glimpse of the future of research labs.
Emily Mullin


Uncanny Valley
Inside the Exclusive Nathan Fielder Interview
Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger



Mirror, Mirror
Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Fernanda González


Cough Cough
There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About Bioweapons Development—Even Without AI
Michael Mechanic




Target Practice
‘Smart’ Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA Directly to Tumors in New Cancer Therapy
Javier Carbajal

Food Fight
Seedless Blackberries and Cherries That Grow on Bushes Vie to Be the Future of Food
Mike Grunwald




Enable Brain ID
An Inventor of Apple’s FaceID Wants to Analyze Your Brain’s Health With AI
Isabella Ward

Rise and Grind
Scientists’ Side Hustle? Using AI and Quantum Computing to Generate New Peptides
Isabella Ward




