Scientists have debated for decades whether the human brain sprouts new neurons throughout life. What would it mean if it could — and how much evidence is enough?

The White House announced Thursday (Oct. 8) that 11 companies have committed a total of $2.4 billion in artificial intelligence, which the administration

Anthropic and OpenAI have reportedly lobbied for regulations to limit open-source versions of large language models. Bannon and Sanders railed against AI and the ‘oligarchs’ behind it from the same stage. The California governor embraces the tech’s possibilities with one hand, imposes a mountain of regulations with the other.

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. For 18 months, the Trump administration has been accused by science advocates of shredding a social contract between academic ...