Researchers used tens of thousands of magnetic-resonance-imaging scans to map how the brain’s outer layer matures during adolescence.Credit: Zephyr/Science Photo Library The speed at which regions of the brain mature during early adolescence can forecast the emergence of mental-health conditions up to four years before symptoms develop, according to a study of nearly 12,000 young
Advanced artificial-intelligence models are transforming mathematics at an astonishing speed. In the past few months, AI-aided proofs — logical arguments that demonstrate why a mathematical result is correct — have been released for hundreds of long-standing maths problems. Mathematicians might need several months to fully understand the underlying arguments and implications of these automatically derived
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Artist depiction of the heavy set facial features of a Denisovan.Credit: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology/Chinese Academy of Sciences A low, sloping forehead, a massive brow ridge, rectangle-like eye sockets, flat cheeks, and a moderately
BBC’s Blue Planet III is looking to prove its authenticity by leaving in the less-than-perfect shots. Previous incarnations of the nature series were defined by their gorgeous, crystal-clear footage that seemed almost too good to be real. But one dead giveaway of AI is when things look too polished and seamless. To counter that, Blue
The method called prime editing can make fine-scale edits to DNA (artist’s illustration).Credit: Patrick Landmann/Science Photo Library A powerful gene-editing technique has been used to edit DNA directly in a person’s body — the first known instance of such a treatment. The milestone treatment is part of a clinical trial of prime editing, a technique
An experimental vaccine offers new hope to patients with melanoma, one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer. The pharmaceutical companies Merck and Moderna released the results of a Phase 3 clinical trial that evaluated the efficacy of a personalized mRNA-based vaccine that, when combined with immunotherapy, reduced the risk of disease recurrence or