What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.

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40 years on from the disaster, why there are foxes, bears and bison again around Chernobyl Endangered species are making their home in a massive wild zone around the derelict Chernobyl nuclear plant.

Rewilding following the establishment of the Chernobyl exclusion zone

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"It made me wonder what I would design, for what purpose, with such technology" A book review of The future of species by Adrian Woolfson from the Royal Society of Biology website

Thanks to Professor Paul Freemont for his excellent review of my book #OnTheFutureOfSpecies in The Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk journal The Biologist.

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Synthetic microbial co-cultures for modular bioelectronic sensing in diverse environments - Nature Biotechnology Modular integration of bacterial strains expands the application range of whole-cell bioelectric sensors.

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How artificial intelligence is reengineering protein engineering Over the past decades, protein engineering has matured into a field of its own, driven by computational modeling and high-throughput wet lab experiments, with broad application in therapeutics, diagno...

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Guidance of cellular nematic elastomers into shape-programmable living surfaces Engineering living materials that autonomously morph into predetermined shapes holds potential for synthetic morphogenesis and soft robotics. Harnessing cellular tissues to self-organize and generate ...

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Female mice grow testes after this single DNA tweak Small changes in the non-coding part of the genome have a key role in sex determination.

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Protein-templated synthesis of dinucleotide repeat DNA by an antiphage reverse transcriptase Defense-associated reverse transcriptases (DRTs) are widespread bacterial anti-phage systems that use unconventional mechanisms of polynucleotide synthesis. We show that DRT3, which comprises two dist...

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Artificial intelligence in antibiotic discovery: Applications, challenges, and future outlook The rise of antimicrobial resistance has outpaced the discovery of antibiotics, creating a pressing global health crisis. Artificial intelligence (AI)…

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The answers within us: Programmable DNA shapes and the future of biotech | The Short Version Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, assistant professor of nanoscale science and engineering at UAlbany, discusses how his lab is using synthetic DNA building blocks to construct nanoscale structures capable...

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The phonology of sperm whale coda vowels Abstract. Sperm whales (Physeter macro­cephalus) communicate using series of clicks known as codas. In previous research, sperm whale codas have been shown

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Why It’s Crucial We Understand How A.I. ‘Thinks’

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DefensePredictor: A machine learning model to discover prokaryotic immune systems Antiphage defense systems protect bacteria from viral infection and have inspired important biotechnologies such as CRISPR-Cas9 while also revealing the evolutionary roots of eukaryotic innate immunit...

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Structural ontogeny of protein-protein interactions Understanding how protein binding sites evolve interactions with other proteins could hold clues to targeting “undruggable” surfaces. We used synthetic coevolution to engineer new interactions between...

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Mapping mutations at scale in a single gene reveals new neurodevelopmental condition Geneticists have uncovered a previously hidden neurodevelopmental condition, showing how variations in a single gene can give rise to distinct disorders and deepening understanding of their biological...

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Light-responsive DNA nanostructures - Nature Reviews Chemistry Light-responsive chemical modifications enable precise, stimuli-controlled reconfiguration of DNA nanostructures, enhancing stability, programmability and functional versatility. These advances expand...

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General Multimodal Protein Design Enables DNA-Encoding of Chemistry Evolution is an extraordinary engine for enzymatic diversity, yet the chemistry it has explored remains a narrow slice of what DNA can encode. Deep generative models can design new proteins that bind ...

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Biological Terrain Mapping: Moving Beyond Sequence-Based Security From Structure to Topography: Rethinking Biosecurity in the Age of AI Most current biosecurity efforts focus on screening DNA sequences. The assumption is straightforward: If we can identify dangerous...

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A survey on large language models in biology and chemistry - Experimental & Molecular Medicine Large language models (LLMs) are artificial intelligence models that understand and generate human language. Scientists want to use LLMs to better understand complex scientific data, but there are cha...

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Plant communication visualised It is known that hurt plants communicate, but how they do so has been a mystery. Now, Japanese researchers show how this happens in real time.

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Genome loaded onto a quantum computer in world first Sanger Institute team and their collaborators have successfully loaded the Hepatitis D viral genome on a quantum computer

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A review of my book #OnTheFutureOfSpecies on the conference of #AI and biology, was published in @science.org magazine today

Opinion | Anthropic’s Restraint Is a Terrifying Warning Sign

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The genome sequence of Atlantic cod reveals a unique immune system - Nature The genome of the Atlantic cod has been sequenced, and genomic analysis reveals an immune system that differs significantly from that in other vertebrates. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) I...

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Humans share acoustic preferences with other animals Many animals produce courtship sounds, and receivers prefer some sounds over others. Shared ancestry and convergent evolution may generate similarities in preference across species and underlie Darwin...

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