From tablets and patches to ointments and infusions, the best way to deliver a drug is the one that gets the right amount…
The AI AlphaFold can figure out the three-dimensional protein structure any string of amino acids will become. It has now…
A mathematician explains how language can keep your online accounts safe and pinpoint your location on the planet.
While the immune system naturally gets weaker with age, social stressors like trauma and discrimination can hasten immunosenescence.
It has taken eight months to test and calibrate all of the instruments and modes of the James Webb Space Telescope. A scientist…
Who makes money from the metaverse, and how, comes down to what it becomes. And shaping the metaverse is, to a large degree,…
The EU’s proposed regulations don’t align with existing technology. They’re likely to fail – or to break the internet…
This technology, popular when automobiles first caught on, had a short resurgence in the 1970s.
Astronomers studying fast radio bursts recently discovered one that repeats, has a persistent radio signal and originated…
Social psychology researchers found that people commonly exaggerate the presence of certain groups – including ethnic…
As genetic engineering and DNA manipulation tools like CRISPR continue to advance, the distinction between what science…
Psychologists know babies can form memories soon after birth. So why can’t people remember anything that happened to them…
Thwaites Glacier’s ice shelf appears to be splintering, and scientists fear it could give way in the next few years. A…
The Moon illusion is what makes the Moon look giant when you see it rising over a distant horizon. An astronomer explains…
Frances Haugen, Timnit Gebru and Janneke Parrish are at the forefront of a group of high-profile women calling out big tech.…
How do mental health apps compare to in-person therapy? A social worker and expert on technology and human services explains.
Both Macron and Madonna have expressed concerns about genetic privacy. As DNA collection and sequencing becomes increasingly…
Bedbugs are pretty much universally reviled. But a public health entomologist explains how – while potentially traumatizing…
Barbecued food has unique and often delicious flavors. A food chemist explains how the process of grilling over an open…
A new generation of vaccines and boosters against SARS-CoV-2 may take a page from the anti-influenza playbook, with shots…