Scientists develop new birth control for female cats—no surgery necessary ~science biology Article 665 words 12 votes
MIT’s vaccine printer: The game-changer in vaccine distribution ~science medicine Article 1128 words, published May 2 2023 3 votes
One-hour operation could cure prostate cancer by destroying tumours with electric currents ~health medicine Article 600 words, published Jan 2 2022 11 votes
Excessive outbreaks of seaweed are clogging up our waters – now the algae is being harvested alongside farmed crops to create ingredients for cosmetics and food products ~science biology.marine chemistry.bio Article 812 words 5 votes
How do fireflies flash in sync? Studies suggest a new answer. ~science biology.computational mathematics.bio Article 2809 words, published Sep 20 2022 3 votes
The CIA just invested in woolly mammoth resurrection technology ~science biology Article 1406 words, published Sep 28 2022 8 votes
How mushrooms are turned into bacon and styrofoam | World Wide Waste ~design Video 7:05, published Apr 11 2021 10 votes
‘Disturbing’: Experts troubled by Canada’s euthanasia laws ~health medicine healthcare Article 2402 words, published Aug 11 2022 10 votes
Did Sweden's controversial COVID strategy pay off? In many ways it did – but it let the elderly down ~health healthcare Article 965 words 10 votes
The weed influencer and the scientist feuding over why some stoners incessantly puke ~science Article 6832 words 10 votes
From high-protein food to plastics and fuel, Swedish scientists are attempting to tap seaweed's huge potential ~science biology.marine chemistry.bio Article 1464 words 8 votes
What's next for AlphaFold and the AI protein-folding revolution ~science biology.molecular Article 4048 words 11 votes
A centuries-old concept in soil science has recently been thrown out. Yet it remains a key ingredient in everything from climate models to advanced carbon-capture projects. ~enviro climate change Article 17 votes
Energy, and how to get it - All of us know people who have more energy than we do, but the science of the phenomenon is just coming into view ~science psychology chemistry.bio biology.psycho Article 5981 words, published Oct 28 2021 10 votes
For centuries, indigenous groups in north-east India have crafted intricate bridges from living fig trees. Now this ancient skill is making its way to European cities. ~design architecture Article 2246 words 5 votes
Henrietta Lacks estate sues company using her ‘stolen’ cells ~science medicine Article 892 words, published Oct 4 2021 12 votes
US controls on ‘gain of function’ pathogen research have been undercut ~science Article 4641 words 7 votes
AlphaFold DB provides open access to protein structure predictions for the human proteome and twenty other key organisms to accelerate scientific research ~science biology chemistry.bio physics.bio Link 4 votes
Sweden to increase airport fees for high-polluting planes – climate impact, such as use of biofuels, to be taken into account when calculating charges ~transport Article 233 words 8 votes
First patients to get CRISPR gene-editing treatment continue to thrive ~science medicine biology Article 1225 words 21 votes
Smartwatches monitor your health: An overview of what you get for the money ~tech Article 1359 words 5 votes
Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to discovery of ‘genetic scissors’ called CRISPR/Cas9 by Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna ~science chemistry Article 1049 words 13 votes
Euronews travelled to Iceland to see how researchers are hunting down viruses – and exploring their potential uses as part of a project called Virus-X ~science biology.molecular Video 4:00 4 votes
Smartphone cameras can now detect diabetes with 80% accuracy ~science medicine Article 941 words 5 votes
Scientists are 3D printing miniature human organs to test coronavirus drugs ~science biology medicine Article 1339 words 5 votes
KFC will test lab-grown chicken nuggets made with a 3D bioprinter this fall in Russia ~food restaurants.chain Article 422 words 10 votes
In the context of healthcare, "lives saved” is the wrong measure ~humanities philosophy ethics.bio Article 892 words 6 votes
Study finds hydroxychloroquine may have boosted survival, but other researchers have doubts ~health medicine Article 5 votes
A year on, first patient to get gene editing for sickle cell disease is thriving ~science biology medicine Article 1363 words 8 votes
British farmers need all the help science can offer. Time to allow gene editing ~science biology Article 606 words 12 votes
Scientists isolate bacterial enzyme that rapidly breaks down plastic polymers into recyclable components ~science chemistry.bio Article 667 words 6 votes
Hacking diabetes - A network of amateur programmers is transforming the illness with a DIY app ~health Article 5276 words, published Jan 7 2020 6 votes
Giant phages have been found in French lakes, baboons from Kenya, and the human mouth ~science biology.molecular Article 567 words 10 votes
A pro-Trump blog doxed a Chinese scientist it falsely accused of creating the coronavirus as a bioweapon ~health Article 1284 words 19 votes
Scientists just used a supercomputer to make a living organism from scratch ~science biology Video 11:04 2 votes
China convicts three researchers involved in gene-edited babies ~science biology Article 138 words 11 votes
China’s CRISPR babies: Read exclusive excerpts from the unseen original research ~science biology Article 2143 words 16 votes
From January, jet fuel suppliers in Norway must blend 0.5% of biofuel in all their aviation fuel – a policy Oslo hopes will lead to lower CO2 emissions ~enviro Article 557 words 7 votes
Biohackers are pirating a cheap version of a million-dollar gene therapy ~health Article 1475 words, published Aug 30 2019 7 votes
Finnair has flown its first biofuel flights backed by its 'Push for Change' carbon cutting initiative this week ~transport Article 353 words, published Aug 7 2019 8 votes