Phones that transmit odors sound like science fiction, but researchers are working on making them real.
Lose the prickles. Add bioluminescence. Up the nutrients without the bitter flavor. CRISPR gene editing is opening a new…
Which is riskier for your health: a few days of very bad PM₂.₅ exposure or many more days of slightly bad exposure?…
Plants don’t just grow straight up. They can move in loopy and zigzagging ways to get more sunshine. And studying these…
Given the right conditions, certain types of cells are able to self-assemble into new lifeforms after the organism they…
On Sept. 6, 2024, the US announced fresh export controls on quantum and microchip goods. Taiwan has long worked to slow…
The quality of a child’s attachments to caregivers influences healthy development. And most kids with difficult temperaments…
Seeing the world with a restricted color palate seems to tone down an emotion-based resistance to new foods.
Your gut microbes have a lot to say about how many calories you consume and how effectively your body metabolizes them.
An accurate estimate of when someone died is a critical part of forensic investigations. In extremely cold conditions, molecular…
NASA’s decision to send Starliner’s crew home on a SpaceX capsule will have implications for Boeing, the agency itself…
These small galaxies are either crammed with stars or they host gigantic black holes. The data astronomers have collected…
Traveling to space is riskier than many extreme sports − an increase in private missions could mean more civilians taking…
New research demonstrates that the dye that gives nacho cheese its yellow-orange color can also make mouse skin see-through.
Screen use has a PR problem, and many parents feel guilty about how much time they and their children spend on it. Examining…
About 80% of dogs and 40% of cats will fetch, a new study finds. Domesticating turned these carnivores’ hunting methods…
Researchers developed a new mouse model that replicates long COVID-19 more accurately than current models. Their findings…
Infectious diseases can spill over from animals to humans as well as spill back. Each cross-species transmission gives pathogens…
An epidemiologist makes the case that a rush of research to stop a swine flu outbreak led to an accidental lab release of…
New analyses of bones, teeth, genetics and artifacts suggest it’s time to revise a long-standing hypothesis for how humans…