Robot utility models” sidestep the need to tweak the data used to train robots every time they try to do something in unfamiliar settings ...

The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

Bird flu has been spreading in dairy cows in the US—and the scale is likely to be far worse than it looks. In addition, 14 ...

Avian flu in dairy cows could stick around on US farms forever, and is raising the risk of outbreaks in mammals—including ...

Not all breakthroughs are created equal. Some arrive more or less as usable things; others mainly set the stage for innovations that emerge later, and we have to estimate when that will be.