Unreliable research can lead families to make health decisions they might regret.
“Proteins are built to a precision that would make human engineers blush—every atom is always in exactly the right position.”
By harnessing the microbes that live inside these bloodsucking insects, scientists are trying to stop them from spreading disease.
How we might make ourselves smarter in the future
A start-up wants a woman to deliver a child 250 miles above Earth. The first question: Why?
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 plant virus distributes its genes into eight separate segments that can all reproduce, even if they infect different cells.
One day, cocoa might come from a petri dish.
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
Bring on the lasers.