Three scientists, David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper, have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their groundbreaking work in protein research. David Baker’s computational protein design and Demis Hassabis and John Jumper’s protein structure prediction have revolutionized the field, enabling scientists to design and predict protein structures with unprecedented accuracy. This…
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Historians have used AI to analyze 359 astronomy textbooks from the 15th to 17th centuries, revealing a widespread understanding of astronomical knowledge across Europe. This challenges the idea that scientific breakthroughs are made by individual geniuses and highlights the importance of social, political, and cultural contexts in shaping scientific discoveries. In the next 6 months,…