Drugmakers respond to growing need for eye treatments
The fast rise in numbers of people going blind has prompted a revival in research
Eye gene and cell therapy advances in battle on blindness
Clinical trials are under way in patients
Google’s DeepMind brings thinking computers a step closer
AI unit creates machine able to solve problems by deduction
Scientists are right to fight for their freedom
Academics should be able to set their priorities without political fear or favour
MPs call for UK to launch artificial intelligence commission
New AI body could establish British regulatory lead after government neglect, says Commons committee
Macquarie in talks to secure Green Investment Bank
First privatisation under Theresa May could be worth £2bn
Theranos shows why healthcare must beware injections of investor enthusiasm
Troubles are a reminder that there should be no shortcuts when lives are at stake
The piece of cod that surpasses all understanding
For all our sophistication, we love the idea of being able to talk to animals
Virtual Reality gets its mass-market headset on
Facebook, Google, HTC, Samsung and Sony are vying over VR this holiday season
Nobel Prize winning is more science than an art
Encourage curiosity rather than profit when funding research
Are you prone to obesity? The clues are in your gut bacteria
A study delves into intestinal microbes to find why one person is fat and another lean
Nano-machine inventors win Nobel chemistry prize
French, Dutch and British scientists created ‘the world’s smallest machines’
Cod have regional accents, recordings reveal
British scientists identify clear distinctions in the sounds made by European and American fish
Work on ‘exotic matter’ wins US-based scientists Nobel physics prize
Research under way to find real-world applications in materials science and electronics
Nasa’s email to a curious four-year-old
The US space agency answers a bedtime question — this is how children become scientists
Hammond seeks a cheap chuckle at the expense of tech knowledge
Some backtracking might be in order in the run-up to Britain’s exit from the EU
Carmakers embrace an electric future at Paris motor show
After the VW scandal, manufacturers are racing to develop mass market zero emission vehicles
Rosetta reaches its final resting place on Comet 67P
Probe took increasingly detailed photographs as it made ‘walking pace’ impact
England’s chief medic says drug to prevent HIV should be funded
Dame Sally Davies argues new preventive treatment will save money
Genome editing needs ‘urgent ethical scrutiny’
Nuffield Council on Bioethics launches reviews into potential effects of new technology
AI is ‘Next Big Thing’ to worry about
Groups’ initiative to get to grips with troubling issues of artificial intelligence is necessary
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