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[The 14-day limit for human embryo research was originally] chosen because it’s only after this stage that the central nervous ...

[An] experimental drug—delivered via nasal spray—could help the immune system fend off all sorts of respiratory infections. The treatment is ...

There’s no shortage of morbid curiosity surrounding death. But according to the researchers behind this project, known as the Death ...

First: Could we populate another planet with genetically modified organisms? Second: Should we? … Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Professor of Planetary Habitability and Astrobiology ...

[A new] disease, caused by the Chapare virus, killed three people and is thought to have sickened at least five during [an] ...

A new Perspectives essay published in Science describes the contributions of biologist Charles H. Turner (1867-1923), an American zoologist whose “early discoveries ...

The difference between a healthy person’s cough and the cough of someone infected with [SARS-CoV-2] is so slight that it’s ...

There are various ongoing efforts to train sniffer dogs to detect covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. If dogs prove to be reliable in detecting ...

Nootropics, also called smart drugs, have become one of the fastest-growing segments of the supplement industry. They’re marketed as products that can ...

Prior to the last ice age, somewhere between 112,000 and 122,000 years ago, two humans, possibly three, walked south along the shore ...

[A]s a new Science: Perspectives article points out, it’s not just humans who get fooled by magic tricks. Many species of animals ...

[P]atients taking opioids for chronic pain can produce antibodies to the drugs, which could help explain some of the side-effects ...

The reign of woolly rhinos, which lasted for millions of years, came to an abrupt end some 14,000 years ago, ...

Garlic, onion, wine, and a dash of bovine bile. It’s a veritable witch’s brew, but as a new Scientific Reports paper shows, this ...

Galactic cosmic radiation remains a troubling impediment to a sustained human presence in space. This unresolved problem is starting to ...

[A] Vox article written by a primary care doctor in Washington D.C. laid out an imminent and frightening pandemic scenario, based on ...

[Children with COVID-19] can suffer everything from headaches to muscle weakness, along with visible signs of damage to the brain ...

[Molecular biologist Mike] Daly has been investigating ways to apply the lessons learned from this bacteria’s unique radiation resistance to ...

The Exotica Catalog was put together by researchers from Breakthrough Listen, a decade-long program seeking to find signs of intelligent ...

As the summer gets into full swing and much of the country lifts its restrictions on distancing… it’s important to ...

The World Health Organization held a press conference on Tuesday [June 9] to clarify a surprising announcement it made a ...

A 14,000-year-old genome scraped from a prehistoric tooth found in southern Siberia is now the oldest known connection linking living ...

It’s not often that a paper attempts to take down an entire field. Yet, this past January, that’s precisely what ...

Scientists are debating a key aspect of the coronavirus that causes covid-19: whether the virus lingers in the air for ...

In 2015, memory researcher and psychologist Julia Shaw and her co-author published a study on false memories. Over the course ...

Our species will face no shortage of existential risks in the coming decades, whether it be from nuclear war, climate ...

A London man living with HIV who received an experimental stem cell transplant has appeared free of the virus for ...

Nearly three out of four dogs exhibit some kind of serious behavioral problem related to anxiety, according to a survey involving nearly ...