Don't Accept a Gift of a Folding Stroller

The human body uses tens of thousands of different proteins. The order of these amino acids dictates how the myriad pushes and pulls between them give rise to proteins' complex 3D shapes, which in turn determine how they function. For decades, researchers deciphered proteins' structures using experimental techniques such as x-ray crystallography or cryo-electron microscopy. But DeepMind's algorithm called AlphaFold relied on a computational strategy based on troves of known protein sequences. In 2018, it beat an competition by an average of 15%. It does like the sort of thing that computers were made for - but with brain power.