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An interview with CRISPR co-discoverer and Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Jennifer Doudna.

Here’s how it works.

A medical entomologist points to metabolism, body odor, and mindset.

A new drug inhibits a human enzyme that coronaviruses hijack in order to replicate.

Venus has far more carbon dioxide in its atmosphere than Earth, which turned our sister planet into an inferno. But how did it get there?

A "bio-battery" made from genetically engineered bacteria could store excess renewable energy and release it as needed.

The antibodies elicited by the "S2 vaccine" not only neutralize COVID's multiple strains but also coronaviruses that cause the common cold.

The spray uses snippets of DNA to gum up virus replication.

We don't know with 100% certainty where SARS-CoV-2 first came from or how it first infected humans. But not all options are equally likely.

It’s an agricultural moonshot: Scientists hope to increase plant yields by hacking photosynthesis, the process that powers life on Earth.

What’s one of the most reliable indicators that a first date is going well? The answer might lie in how closely the couple is matching each other’s behavior and physiology. […]

A new study looks at what happens when you get infected with two viruses at the same time.

In a new book, an MIT scholar examines how game-theory logic underpins many of our seemingly odd and irrational decisions.

Think via Bayes’ rule to become more rational and less brainwashed.

CRISPR’s gene drive can defy evolution. Here’s how, explained by Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna.

Life largely owes its existence to this equation. Be sure to hug your house plant today.

Methane is a shorter-lived but more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Cleaning it up could have a quick impact on global warming.

You can’t predict success. But according to minds like Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michio Kaku & more, you can hot wire it.

It might be good for your memory.

The Assam stone jars were described as early as 1929. Almost a century later, archaeologists still puzzle over their placement and purpose.

Tusks suddenly became a liability, even though in natural circumstances, tusks are very useful.

Despite being called the "dismal science," economics impacts our lives every day. Here, we look at seven of the greatest economists in history.

Medicago is growing a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate in a relative of the tobacco plant right now.

To be happy, you have to become antifragile first. Harvard’s Tal Ben-Shahar explains.

It occurred naturally, and scientists know this for certain. Starting in late 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, began infecting human beings for the very first time. Discovered in samples […]

Most electric car charging is done at night. A grid powered mostly by renewable energy might not be able to meet demand, but there is a solution.

UAE is the world's most expensive country to start a business, but it's free in Rwanda.

The study suggests scientists are underestimating the number of animal species that could generate the next novel coronavirus.

The “Euro Night Sprinter” map is utopian, but Europe’s rail future could look a lot like it.

“When molecules misbehave, it can lead to great insight.”