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This Yale researcher is creating an experimental therapy for cystic fibrosis made from viruses - and it’s working.
Einstein's theories of relativity faced fierce opposition. One critic claimed he was attempting to subvert the scientific method.
A new analysis of an ancient hominin fossil sheds light on the "Out of Africa" dispersal events that occurred more than one million years ago.
The more social behaviors a voice-user interface exhibits, the more likely people are to trust it, engage with it, and consider it to be competent.
With launch costs dropping and enormous numbers of new satellites filling the sky, can't we just do it all from space?
In scientific theories, the Multiverse appears as a bug rather than as a feature. We should squash it.
Scientists at UCLA and Penn argue that malfunctioning fat, not necessarily too much of it, is what makes people metabolically unhealthy.
Risqué or just risky?
There are ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way, and ~2 trillion galaxies in the visible Universe. But what if we aren't typical?
From physics and alchemy to theology and eschatology, Isaac Newton’s research was rooted in a personal pursuit of the Divine.
Math offers good evidence that humans can solve any problem — as long as there’s money in it.
Iceland consistently ranks as the most gender-equal nation. It is also the nation where men and women are most likely to pursue sex-typical jobs.
The Universe is supposed to be the same everywhere and in all directions. So what's that giant "cold spot" doing out there?
If you want to have foamy beer inside the comfort of your own home, you need to invest in a special nucleated glass.
The catastrophic birth defect anencephaly affects about 1 in 4,600 pregnancies in the U.S. It is largely preventable with folic acid supplements.
Is the Universe finite or infinite? Does it go on forever or loop back on itself? Here's what would happen if you traveled forever.
Besides offering an incredibly cool way to get stuff into space, SpinLaunch promises to reduce the cost of a launch by 20-fold.
Flow occurs when a task’s challenge is balanced with one’s skill.
From succubi to aliens, stories of abductions or other unsettling encounters have been with us for millennia. What explains them?
Once numbering just 27 birds, the global population of California condors is now in the hundreds.
There are an estimated two trillion galaxies within the observable Universe. Most are already unreachable, and the situation only gets worse.
Scientists ranked countries on their end-of-life care. The U.S. fared poorly.
When reading critiques that inflate the uncertainty of science, ask these 7 questions.
Hubble's deepest views of space revealed fewer than 10% of the Universe's galaxies. James Webb will change that forever.
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This man did over 150 drugs to help teach others how to use them safely.
Impressive but deadly physics underlie catastrophic eruptions.
The problems that Americans face are often too complex for fact-checking alone.
A boy in Germany seems to be the first person to be cured of a rare and painful skin condition commonly called "butterfly disease."
In terms of the planets we've discovered, super-Earths are by far the most common. What does that mean for the Universe?
The book "The Genesis Machine" outlines the promise and peril of synthetic biology, a powerful tool that will allow us to program life like a computer.