Horn-free? Yup. Heat-tolerant? Sure. Flu-proof? Of course. Gene editing aims to make our food supply kinder and more efficient. But it’s struggling to leave the barn.
Scientist Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte wants to use gene editing to create human-animal hybrids that we can harvest for parts. What could go wrong?
Researchers are poised to bring gene-editing tech out of the lab. But just how far do we want Crispr to go?
As Crispr wends its way out of the petri dish and into our genes, scientists are searching for even sharper tools.
A new study shows clear differences in the biology of how men and women feel pain, a reminder that sex-specific pain medications might benefit us all.
We can measure the temperature of an incandescent bulb's filament while it's connected to a variable DC power supply.
We've all heard of the uncanny valley, in which realistic humanoid robots freak us out. But what might be even freakier is how those robots speak to us.
Whether probing the evolution of galaxies or discovering new chemical compounds, algorithms are detecting patterns no humans could have spotted.
Across the planet, children skipped school to protest inaction on climate change: "Just 'cause we're kids doesn't mean we have childish opinions."
Researchers replicate the snapping shrimp's plasma-firing claw, which is powerful enough to knock prey out cold.