Author: Baryon
Genetics & Research
Mitochondrial Donation: The Science Behind Three-Person Babies and the End of Inherited Disease
Mitochondrial donation treatment produces babies free from inherited disease using DNA from three people. Here is the science, the ethics, and what the first…
Books & Legends
Paul Dirac: The Physicist Who Predicted Antimatter and Built the Foundation of Modern Physics
Paul Dirac predicted antimatter from pure mathematics, unified quantum mechanics with relativity, and inspired Feynman's entire approach to physics. Here is the full story…
Genetics & Research
Decoding the Dark DNA: How DeepMind’s AlphaGenome is Revolutionizing Genetic Research
AlphaGenome, DeepMind's AI for the non-coding genome, explained: how it predicts variant effects across 98% of our dark DNA, what it can do, and…
Space
From Nothing to Everything: How Our Universe Emerges from the Dance of Vacuum & Energy
Explore how the universe may have emerged from “nothing.” Discover the role of vacuum energy, virtual particles, and quantum fluctuations in the creation of…
Science & A.I.
Nobel Prize in Physics 2025: The Quantum Circuit Behind the Computer Revolution
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics went to Clarke, Devoret and Martinis for macroscopic quantum tunnelling — the circuit behind today's quantum computers.
Science & A.I.
2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine: The Immune Peacekeepers That Could Transform Cancer Care
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine honoured the discovery of peripheral immune tolerance — the regulatory T cells and Foxp3 gene that keep the…