Drug Discovery Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered genetic variants, or mutations, that protect people from obesity and its symptoms — and they think the discovery could lead…
Slime Mold Scientists just got one step closer to creating living machines — or at least machines that mimic biological life as we know it. A new biomaterial built in…
True Story In March 2018, Yale neuroscientist Nenad Sestan shared a remarkable bit of news with his peers at a National Institutes of Health (NIH) meeting: he was able to keep…
Splinter Cell Scientists say they’ve gene-hacked a human cell, using CRISPR tech to turn it into a tiny biological computer complete with the cellular analog of dual core processors. The squishy…
Starry Sight On the outskirts of the Milky Way, about 14,000 light years from Earth, is a massive region highly conducive to star formation. But because it’s so far away…
Welcome Back Last year, scientists found a 42,000-year-old Lena Horse foal — those are extinct, by the way — frozen in Siberian permafrost. Now, they hope that they can clone the long-dead horse…
Nightmare Factory Nothing ruins a good night’s sleep like a dream about your teeth falling out or taking a calculus test while naked. Thankfully, scientists are getting to the bottom of…
Space Turducken Scientists just found a chunk of comet hiding inside of a rocky meteorite that fell to Earth. Normally, comets burn up as they enter Earth’s atmosphere. In other words,…
Smashing Isotopes It’s the ultimate energy goal: generating power from smashing together particles at extremely high pressure and temperatures — but without the threat of nuclear catastrophe. There’s one big catch,…
Fast Delivery A group of DARPA-funded scientists associated with Elon Musk say they’ve invented a new way to “rapidly implant” brain electrodes into rats — and their “sewing machine” implantation…
