Tag: science

In a high-level report precipitated by the birth of CRISPR babies in China in 2018, scientists say the technology’s next medical use should be narrowly restricted to prospective parents who ...

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and now materials scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst can do it, too—they discovered a way of ...

For decades, scientists have been tinkering with genes—cutting and pasting bits of DNA into organisms like plants, bacteria, and mice. So, of course, they thought about the possibility that one ...

When news broke in April that the drug remdesivir had been shown to speed recovery in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy ...

Every parent wants their children to grow up and do amazing things with their lives.While there are several factors that affect a child's development, some of it comes down to ...

Sophia Antipolis, France - 29 Aug 2020: The first recommendations on sports and physical activity in all types of heart disease are launched today by the European Society of Cardiology ...

A meteor streaking through the sky. Image: mike black photography / Getty images By Mark Kaufman2020-08-23 19:04:08 UTC The Election Day asteroid isn't end times. You may have seen headlines ...

Updated 10:28 am CDT, Friday, August 21, 2020 FILE - This July 14, 2019, file photo, shows a telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii's tallest mountain. The National Science ...

With the help of W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaii, the research team data-sleuthing volunteers participating in Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a citizen science project, has discovered roughly ...

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Social inequalities, specifically racism and classism, are impacting the biodiversity, evolutionary shifts and ecological health of plants and animals in our cities. That's the main finding ...