Electrostatic 'thinking': How insects evolved to navigate the world

Electrostatic ‘thinking’: How insects evolved to navigate the world

Quanta |
For years, biologists have wondered whether bees have [some] grand sense that we lack. The static electricity they accumulate by ...
How gene therapy could eventually snip out diseases in the womb

How gene therapy could eventually snip out diseases in the womb

Wired |
Recent advances in lab animals may bring medicine closer to achieving it—but this field is still in its infancy ...
This cold war neurosurgeon successfully transplanted monkey heads. Could it work on humans?

This cold war neurosurgeon successfully transplanted monkey heads. Could it work on humans?

Wired |
Robert White [was] a neurosurgeon who spent decades performing head transplants on monkeys, hoping to eventually use the procedure to ...
Roche teams with Emulate for organ on chip testing tech wrbm large

How tiny ‘organs-on-a-chip’ could transform medical research

Genetic Literacy Project |
Researchers have pioneered what may be the most accurate simulation of kidney function to-date ...