Hitting the Books: Could we zap our brains into leading healthier lives?Science author Sally Adee explores the potential healing power of electroceuticals.By A. Tarantola, 03.04.2023
Charles Darwin's full correspondence is now available onlineYou can read over 15,000 letters from the evolutionary science pioneer.By J. Fingas, 11.25.2022
Cell-based living robots can reproduce themselvesControlling that reproduction is another challenge.By J. Fingas, 11.30.2021
Researchers retrofit microscopes to take 3D images of cells in real-timeThey used rotating mirrors to pull off the feat.By S. Shah, 07.05.2021
Astronauts show how CRISPR gene editing works in spaceThe technique could be key to long-term space travel.By J. Fingas, 07.04.2021
A ferret is the first North American endangered animal to be clonedThe technique could help revive species that might otherwise be lost.By J. Fingas, 02.20.2021
Modified 'stealth' virus could fight advanced cancersIt can slip past the immune system defense that prevent treatment.By J. Fingas, 11.29.2020
Scientists might know why astronauts develop health problems in spaceThe very nature of human cells could play a role.By J. Fingas, 11.28.2020
CRISPR gene editing pioneers win the 2020 Nobel Prize in ChemistryThe technology promises to revolutionize medicine and biology.By J. Fingas, 10.07.2020
Almost a fifth of Earth's ocean floor has been mappedIt could help with biology, tide tracking and internet cables.By J. Fingas, 06.21.2020
3D atom mapping helps investigate the origins of lifeModern technology has helped decode an ancient meteorite.By J. Fingas, 05.11.2020
Microsoft hopes its ‘Planetary Computer’ will preserve biodiversityThe initiative will aggregate data and drive environmental insights.By M. DeAngelis, 04.15.2020
'Resurrected' mammoth DNA helps explain why the species went extinctGenetic defects might have played a part.By J. Fingas, 02.08.2020
Scientists created living robots out of stem cellsDesigned by a supercomputer, the “biological machines” could live inside the human body.By C. Fisher, 01.15.2020
Feles wants to build all-in-one bio labs for the intensely curiousEducators and hobbyists are fans of these things.By C. Velazco, 01.08.2020
Study casts doubt on the chances of life on watery alien planetsAn extreme location on Earth didn't have clear evidence of life.By J. Fingas, 11.03.2019
Gene editing tool could treat many diseases created by mutationsSATI could address Huntington's and other conditions.By J. Fingas, 08.26.2019
Scientists unveil 3D microscope that visualizes cells without damaging themIt's like a tiny MRI machine for cells.By G. Torbet, 07.16.2019
Scientists store data inside molecules that drive your metabolismDNA storage suddenly seems old hat.By J. Fingas, 07.07.2019
Test tube embryo transfer may give near-extinct rhinos a second chanceScientists have placed a rhino embryo into a female for the first time.By J. Fingas, 06.30.2019