Advances in genetic engineering have enabled researchers to seek ways to program new life. But has synthetic biology actually…
Astronauts report feeling profoundly awestruck when they go to space, an anthropologist reports. This experience shapes…
Each study adds a piece to the puzzle of scientific knowledge. But any one study on its own doesn’t tell you all that…
The Trump administration fired the entire board that oversees the National Science Foundation, raising an age-old question…
Geofencing warrants round up the location data of everyone in a specific place and time, whether or not they had any connection…
You can change a stolen password or credit card, but you can’t reset your face when your biometric data is breached.
Combining AI with quantum computing could enable doctors and researchers to analyze the human body at an unprecedented molecular…
Discoveries of molecules in space that suggest extraterrestrial life are exciting, but they need to be taken with a grain…
You can feel wet when you can see water and when you can’t see water. You can also feel dry even when there’s a lot…
A food chemist explains how black garlic is made, and how its health benefits are promising but still under-researched.
People who interacted with different AI chatbots in a study didn’t realize the bots were including veiled advertising…
Scientific innovation has been driving US economic growth for decades. Losing that edge means losing access to the technologies…
In an urbanized and globalized world, most kids aren’t directly connected to agriculture. School gardens can help them…
Retailers are racing to hand your shopping over to AI. Consumers are right to be wary – and not just about privacy.
Genetics may only partially determine a newborn’s risk of developing Type 1 diabetes. Screening umbilical cord blood could…
To augment information about you that it collects directly, the US Government is buying less-regulated information harvested…
The placebo effect is more than just mental – it’s a biological system that can measurably improve a patient’s symptoms.…
Pulling together the results of 40 experiments done by different teams over decades, researchers found that infant boys…
Science itself isn’t ‘truth,’ but it is an activity with the goal of getting closer to the truth.
When people know someone used AI to write a message, they see the person as lazy or insincere.