Here's another study on the genetics of same-sex sexual behavior, with a lot of caveats
Read now →There are many, many more questions than answers
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We worked with scientists in the field to explain how we’re growing meats in labs—and when you can eat them. It's your introduction to the next agricultural revolution.
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Join five scientists as they explain the research behind new psychedelic treatments for mental illnesses
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We've gathered a team of geneticists, biologists, and environmental scientists to bring you the most up-to-date report on the science, history, and safety of genetically-modified organisms.
Dear Harvard, Berkeley, and MIT: don't patent CRISPR
Read now →Everyone should benefit from this once-in-a-lifetime discovery
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Genetically modified crops are way more common than you'd think
Read now →It's not just about what you eat – GM crops make their way into everything
Should peer review stop being anonymous?
Read now →Prominent researchers can take the gamble, but junior scientists risk retribution
4 peer comments
Carl Zimmer explores the mysteries and contradictions of genetics
Read now →In 'She Has Her Mother's Laugh,' Zimmer reveals the lawlessness of our genes
Meet Annie Easley, the barrier-breaking mathematician who helped us explore the solar system
Read now →She overcame life-long racial discrimination to complete a long and impactful career at NASA
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The Republican tax plan would hurt students and young people. We can't let it pass
Read now →Making tuition waivers taxable would keep students out of the middle class the proposal claims to protect
Climate change is going to upset global food supplies and make Dust Bowl summers look tame
Read now →Yes, the IPCC report says it's that bad.
Genes are like the cosmos: the more we discover, the more we have to explore
Read now →"I don't know how to keep the air in my chest thinking about the scale and size of the unknown"
Diabetes is a much stranger disease than I realized
Read now →We don't really know what causes diabetes, but it involves these misshapen proteins infecting each other
The NIH is turning the human reference genome into a pangenome
Read now →An interview with the creative team behind "The Human Pangenome"
Henry Greely, bioethicist and attorney, on why genetic tech isn't so scary
Read now →'I probably wouldn’t regulate anything except possibly parents'
Climate strikers send a message: "Put your planet and its people over profit"
Read now →"We are supposed to be the 'leaders of tomorrow', but are being forced to become the leaders of today because our current leaders refuse to hear our cries"
Science brawls, explained by a scientist
Read now →Here's what scientists are feuding about online this week
Meet Lady Mary Montagu, who brought smallpox inoculation to England
Read now →This poet and essayist likely saved many lives from this deadly, disfiguring disease
What’s happening in Texas is climate nihilism
Read now →The disastrous blackouts are the government admitting they don't care if some people die
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The lab-leak hypothesis for COVID-19 is becoming a conspiracy theory
Read now →To explain where SARS-CoV-2 came from, look at processes with scientific explanations and precedents
5 peer comments
An anonymous COVID-19 contact tracing app that warns you when your friends are sick
Read now →A different kind of contact tracing sounds an alarm when people in your social circle are falling ill
Scientists found an entire herpes virus genome hiding out in fish DNA
Read now →Researchers have made a bizarre discovery involving transposons, parasitic DNA found in fish (and humans)
2 peer comments
Mars is hiding behind the Moon this morning
Read now →It's a twice-a-year occultation; like the eclipse, but it's Mars, and there's no shadow
The US is deporting scientists. I’m one of them
Read now →ICE is using COVID-19 confusion as cover to force immigrant scientists out
Watch a Dragon launch towards the International Space Station today!
Read now →Takeoff is at 12:30PM EST. SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft is resupplying the ISS with stuff for new experiments and tech demos
Watch the July 2nd total solar eclipse here!
Read now →No matter where you are on Earth, you can stream the eclipse
A tracker is keeping tabs on the Trump administration's assault on science
Read now →The Silencing Science Tracker has been compiling records since 2018
A continuously updated list of bad genetics studies
Read now →Is there a gene for being a cat person? A dog person? A mean person? A selfish person?
Remembering Katherine Johnson. A space scientist's life in pictures
Read now →A critical scientist for the space program, passed away today at 101
Apollo 11 brought messages from Earth to the Moon and then almost forgot about them
Read now →A gold olive branch, an Apollo 1 commemoration, and messages from world leaders were tossed off the lander's ladder
USDA and FDA announce that they'll both regulate cellular agriculture, but at different stages
Read now →The decision can be seen as a win for the companies that are working on cell-based meat products
What is the COVID-19 polyclonal antibody treatment that President Trump took?
Read now →It's a mix of different antibodies that target the virus slightly differently for a combined effect
The best science stories from around the web, hand-curated and eye-read by science writers
Read now →The week's not over yet but it's been pretty good so far
Conquistadors brought disease to the pumpkins and squash of the Americas
Read now →Cucumber disease, brought by invaders, jumped to native agriculture
Apollo 11 was just one space achievement of many in 1969
Read now →There was the Crab Nebula, Apollo 12, and more
Don't believe the conspiracy theories you hear about coronavirus and HIV
Read now →Especially if you work for the New York Times
Space futurism is stupid
Read now →There is no reason to think that billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk know what's best for humanity