Worker naked mole-rats take care of their colony's young even though they aren't the pups' actual parents. New…
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A massive star, with a radius 500 times that of our sun, exploded. But the supernova fizzled – it was weak and dim. Figuring…
Yes, giant mosquitoes are a thing. They're specialized to wait out the dry times only to emerge from their eggs when…
Is gene editing compatible with organic farming? A scholar explains the differences between old genetic engineering and…
Just because you don't have the flu doesn't mean that your aren't teeming with viruses inside and out. But what…
A scientist explains how researchers use cloning in the lab and what is the difference between cloning a gene versus cloning…
Progress has been made toward gender parity in science fields. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back…
A legal loophole could grant computer systems many legal rights people have – threatening human rights and dignity and…
Nature doesn't always make the things we need so three Nobel Prize winners figured out how to fast-track evolution in…
Is it too much to dream of batteries that are part of the structure of an item, helping to shape the form of a smartphone,…
People are still wrestling with what artificial intelligence could and should do, half a century after the debut of the…
The Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to three scientists for the inventions of optical tweezers--in which two laser beams…
Autonomous cars and people-centered communities are mutually exclusive, writes a cyclist and transportation scholar.
Artificial intelligence and data analytics are transforming the practice of law.
It would be great to know for sure when someone is lying and when someone is telling the truth. But no technology that purports…
It has been 10 years since Elon Musk's SpaceX launched the commercial space age. What hurdles must be overcome before…
A famous mathematician claims to have cracked a longstanding problem involving prime numbers. But his results still need…
The U.S. is not the only country worried about foreign influence over its elections. Australia is concerned too, and taking…
Google controls what billions of people find, see, know or even are aware of. As it gets better at delivering what it thinks…