Of this, $9bn went to new research into boosting farm yields, up from $2.5bn in 2016. The boost comes at an opportune moment. Food markets have been beset by volatility in recent years, first as a ...

From Edison's Menlo Park "Invention Factory" 150 years ago to the corporate research laboratory, the American innovation ...

An exclusive conversation with Kevin Weil, head of OpenAI for Science, a new in-house team that wants to make scientists more productive. In the three years since ChatGPT’s explosive debut, OpenAI’s ...

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This month’s most exciting popular science books are surprisingly eclectic, and big on invention, ambition –and hubris. We’re tackling topics including the wonder (and envy) of flight, how to eat so ...