How many oil slicks are there in the ocean? Where are they, and where did they come from? These seem…
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The UK government is working to change the law on gene-edited food, allowing it to be sold in the country…
Cars controlled by AI drive smoothly and more efficiently, and a computer model suggests the effect spreads to nearby drivers…
There are few things more frustrating than finding a tasty recipe online only to discover it calls for exotic ingredients…
Induced transparency: The precise control of the energy flow (indicated by glowing particles in the fog) makes the artificial material…
A drug developed for smallpox was given to a person with monkeypox in 2021, and it seemed to shorten their…
A dead little penguin washed up on a New Zealand beach. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens in new tab)More than 500…
The Rapha Classic cycling shoe is a staple within the luxury Rapha brand – considered the couture collection of the…
Coastal California’s redwood forests—with their lush ferns, towering trees and damp petrichor scent—might not seem to want for water, but…
After two years of breakneck research, scientists have amassed a collection of therapies to treat people with COVID-19. But now,…
The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill being introduced to Parliament will allow gene-edited crops to be developed and grown in…
During the pre-Omicron phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, regions of the U.S. had markedly different mortality rates, primarily due to…
By Christa Lesté-Lasserre Ishikari plain and Ishikari river on Hokkaido, Japan – a region that has lost many birds in…
The 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize has been awarded to Marjan Minnesma, who sued the Dutch government over its carbon emissions…
Modern day Patagonian sheepdogs are the closest living relative to now-extinct varieties of herding dogs of Victorian era Britain, according…
Chinese scientists’ claims that their “Sky Eye” telescope could have picked up signals from intelligent aliens have been met with…
A new analysis of data from the Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program has uncovered genetic links between COVID-19 severity and…
Researchers using advanced recording technology have identified how individual songs in amphibian choruses may influence mating, according to a Dartmouth…
Planets can be snatched from one solar system by another in the early lives of stars born in dense clusters…
LMU scientists have been able to demonstrate for the first time that nerve signals are exchanged between arteries and the…
Most Americans do not think that Black people are any more likely to be affected by pollution than white people,…
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Artistic rendering of the CRISPR Cas 7-11S enzyme. Credit: Steve Dixon Last year, researchers at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain…
Three children with a rare genetic disease needed kidney transplants, and by using a unique transplantation technique, doctors successfully replaced…
Cycling shoes aren’t known for their cocoon-like comfort, nor are they renowned for their looks, so we were over the…
For Native Americans, kya (the turtle) symbolizes wisdom. For Europeans, bears are an important element of their history. What animals…
An artist’s impression of a fast-expanding supermassive black hole from far away. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens in new tab)Astronomers have…
Twenty seconds of scrubbing with soap is one of the best ways to protect yourself — and the people and…
A secret population of polar bears in Greenland has been discovered in a seemingly impossible habitat — one that, for…
Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.04.023 Early development is like a carefully choreographed dance, with uniform swaths of cells…