Column

  1. How patient-led research is advancing science

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute considers the role that people suffering from a variety of chronic conditions are starting to play in medical research.

    By Nancy Shute

  2. Here comes the sun, the eclipsed version

    Editor in Chief Nancy Shute muses on the total solar eclipse that will cross North America in April 2024.

    By Nancy Shute
  3. Artificial Intelligence

    Why large language models aren’t headed toward humanlike understanding

    Unlike people, today's generative AI isn’t good at learning concepts that it can apply to new situations.

    By Tom Siegfried

  4. Come along with us on a mathematical mystery tour

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses an unexpected breakthrough on a puzzle that has intrigued mathematicians for almost a century.