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.
Their discovery wasn’t predestined, nor do they dictate our destinies—and current ideas about them may die.
Google’s knowledge panels contain helpful facts and tidbits. But sometimes they surface bad information, too.
A group of tech founders, crypto billionaires, and star scientists is launching a fleet of science labs.
The key to treating genetic disease might be hidden in other “modifier” genes.