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On the eve of receiving the Templeton Prize, Marcelo Gleiser reflects on his life.
Cornell University researchers propose using biology to transform the storage of sustainable energy.
It's been difficult to research the illicit drugs, but we're slowly building a better understanding of their potential.
Synthetic biology is changing the way the planet works.
A 1060-hour amateur exposure of a nearby galaxy does what even Hubble couldn’t do. The Universe is full of astronomical wonders, but it’s up to humanity to observe and analyze them. […]
Don't wait for happiness — start there instead.
Soon, residents will be able to pick fruits and vegetables — for free.
Elon Musk took issue with recent ideas for space exploration from Jeff Bezos.
Convergence 2.0: Engineers are using the "natural genius" of biological systems to produce extraordinary machines—self-assembling batteries, cancer-detecting nanoparticles, super-efficient water filters made from proteins found in blood cells. Neuroscientist and MIT President Emerita Susan Hockfield and host Jason Gots discuss what all this could mean for our future.
The new system could soon greatly improve foreign-language interactions.
It may be growing in popularity, but is there anything substantive to this new wellness trend?
Despite the moniker, bedbugs evolved long before mattresses and even survived the K-T extinction.
Normally, life expectancy increases every year. For Americans, the opioid epidemic is changing that.
Researchers advance machine learning to create videos of people from single stills and paintings.
Neither one reflects the other; they’re both blue for entirely different reasons. If you’ve ever been curious about the world you live in, you’ve probably wondered why the sky is […]
From deejays to Debussy, it's all brain food.
A recent study gives new meaning to the saying "fake it 'til you make it."
If a fetus is a person, would it be a citizen too?
Why do all of our virtual assistants have a female voice?