Susana Vasquez-Torres, a researcher at the University of Washington, discusses her groundbreaking work on AI-designed antivenoms for snakebites, aiming to tackle a major public health crisis. She reveals how machine learning has enabled the design of proteins that could offer effective treatment in resource-limited settings. Jeff Tollefson, a Nature journalist, shares urgent insights into Earth's temperature surpassing 1.5°C for the first time, stressing the implications for climate policy and immediate action needed to combat climate change.