Using CRISPR to program gels with new functions

The CRISPR genome-editing system is best-known for its potential to correct disease-causing mutations and add new…

After using tools, crows behave more optimistically, study suggests

It’s no secret crows are smart. They’re notorious for frustrating attempts to keep them from tearing…

Q&A: Scientist models exoplanet's atmosphere

In the search for life beyond our galaxy, many scientists have their eyes turned toward orbs…

'I will give my last drop of blood for this forest'

Members of Brazil’s Mura tribe vow to defend their land, as wildfires rage in the Amazon…

Complex quantum teleportation achieved for the first time

Austrian and Chinese scientists have succeeded in teleporting three-dimensional quantum states for the first time. High-dimensional…

Climate change turns Arctic into strategic, economic hotspot

From a helicopter, Greenland’s brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go…

Scientists a step closer to saving northern white rhino from extinction

Veterinarians have successfully harvested eggs from the last two surviving northern white rhinos, taking them one…

Big brains or big guts: Choose one

Big brains can help an animal mount quick, flexible behavioral responses to frequent or unexpected environmental…

Blue Bahamas

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano captured this image of the Bahamas from the International Space Station and…

First Sun

First sunlight in Antartctic research station Concordia after four months of darkness. ESA research medical doctor…