Wait, what? Reversing aging is no longer a sci‑fi fever dream, it’s happening in real labs. Retro Biosciences, funded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is running experiments that push human cells back to something like their newborn state. Yes, actual cellular Benjamin Buttoning. The secret weapon? The Yamanaka factors proteins discovered in 2006 that can rewind the biological state of cells. Not just making them look younger, but resetting the molecular clock of DNA itself, repairing damage that piles up as we age. Retro’s scientists didn’t stop there. With AI doing the heavy lifting, they’ve designed new versions of these

China has just rolled out the Darwin Monkey, the world’s largest neuromorphic supercomputer. The name alone sounds like the start of a bad sci-fi novel, but what sits inside is even stranger. This isn’t the same as the AI most people know. ChatGPT, image generators, and the rest are built on huge models that chew through mountains of data and predict the next word or picture. They imitate intelligence, but they don’t think. Neuromorphic computing takes a very different path. Instead of copying the outputs of a brain, it tries to copy the process itself. Darwin Monkey doesn’t line up

Life on Earth has been running on the same operating system for billions of years. Four letters, A, C, G, and T, make up the DNA alphabet. Line them up in groups of three and you get codons: 64 possible “words” that cells use to build proteins, the Lego bricks of biology. It’s simple, it works, but it’s also messy. Multiple codons do the same job, like having seven different spellings for “dog.” Now a team in the UK has gone in and edited the code itself, and hit save. They’ve built a new strain of E. coli called Syn57,

If you thought mirrors were boring, you’ve clearly never met a time mirror. Forget sci-fi fantasies about DeLoreans and butterfly effects, this is a real, present-day breakthrough. Scientists have managed to build devices that don’t just bounce light or sound back at you, but actually flip the flow of time for waves passing through them. Sounds ridiculous, right? Yet it works. Normally, a mirror just reflects light or sound, straightforward stuff. But these time mirrors exploit metamaterials, specially engineered structures that don’t exist in nature. When an electromagnetic wave hits one of these, it doesn’t just bounce. It rewinds. Imagine

Rockets have always been about fire. You strap yourself to a giant can of explosives, light the fuse, and hope you don’t end up as the next “learning experience” for the space industry. The French have decided that’s all a bit outdated. Their new engine doesn’t burn fuel, doesn’t carry giant tanks waiting to explode, and doesn’t even bother with moving parts. Instead, it runs on plasma, the same stuff the Sun is made of, not the TV that broke after two World Cups. The idea’s simple enough in theory: take gas, rip it apart with electricity and magnetic fields,

Apple has spent years selling us shiny rectangles and overpriced cables. But while you were complaining about the price of a new charging brick, Apple was quietly building something far more ambitious: a healthcare empire. Not the kind that owns hospitals or dabbles in pharmaceuticals. Apple’s play is subtler, longer-term, and potentially far more disruptive. Most people think of the Apple Watch as a fitness toy, a glorified step counter with a heart-rate monitor that occasionally nags you to stand up. But behind the marketing gloss, Apple has been embedding itself into the healthcare system in a way that should