Insects that have been implanted with a virus-blocking bacterium will finally be tested at large scales, over two cities in Brazil and Colombia.
A simple study of rodent patterns hints at our growing ability to link genetic changes to physical ones.
Native chefs and farmers are bringing back lost flavors in hopes of fighting diabetes and obesity.
The difference between 1.5 and 2 degrees of global warming might be dramatic.
Since the 1950s, presidential science advisors have juggled researchers’ and politicians’ demands—except when Nixon abolished his administration’s entire Science Advisory Committee.
The idea that humans are ephemeral compared to the workings of nature isn’t as persuasive as it once was.
Their prehistoric liaisons mirror those between our own ancestors, Neanderthals, and other groups of early humans.
A 17-years-long study reveals how the complex relationships between a cell’s genes allow it to function.
HIV arrived in the U.S. from Haiti a decade before the first cases were identified—and well before the so-called Patient Zero contracted the virus.
It walks stealthily, slices through defenses, and cloaks itself in wind.
Scientists in China have used CRISPR to make a modified goat that produces more of the fine wool.
Visions of hairy “man-apes” speak to something deep in the human psyche.
Three different parts of the brain control how successfully, accurately, and vividly we remember past events.
Ooh, shiny.
Can satellite images of our planet's varied terrain make humanity's impact apparent?
The yellow Pokémon captures attention by exploiting a neural bias towards cuteness, sugar content, and other rewards.
Engineering animals with CRISPR can help biologists to understand the genes behind some of evolution’s most dramatic changes.
While climate change didn’t help, human inaction ultimately allowed the species to die.
What this says—and doesn’t say—about the evolution of human technology
He won’t be the last.
But climate change could end it.