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Opening up research labs with modified mosquitoes to the community
View of Taichung City, Taiwan, behind a mosquito net. Alan Picard / Shutterstock.comBy bringing people close to disease-spreading insects, might we improve public health?Because they spread malaria,...
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Stool transplantation shows promise treating cancer therapy side effect
A woman holds her stomach in agony from ulcerative colitis.Emily Frost / Shutterstock.comImmunotherapy, the Nobel Prize-winning category of cancer therapy that helps your immune cells to fight tumors,...
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Those designer babies everyone is freaking out about – it's not likely to happen
Babies to order. Andrew crotty/Shutterstock.comWhen Adam Nash was still an embryo, living in a dish in the lab, scientists tested his DNA to make sure it was free of Fanconi anemia, the rare inherited...
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You make decisions quicker and based on less information than you think
You're probably wrong about how long it would take you to know they're 'the one.'rawpixel/Unsplash, CC BYWe live in an age of information. In theory, we can learn everything about anyone or anything at...
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Diamonds are forever – whether made in a lab or mined from the earth
Are you in the market for some sparkle?clearviewstock/Shutterstock.comIt’s diamond season. Almost 40 percent of American engagements happen between Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day, with Christmas the...
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Don't worry about screen time – focus on how you use technology
Through creative off-label uses of technology, some people have improved close relationships and their health.KristinaZ/Shutterstock.comMany Americans find themselves bombarded by expert advice to...
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You may not even need a telescope to see Comet 46P/Wirtanen in the night sky...
A comet-gazing opportunity to close out the year.I MAKE PHOTO 17/Shutterstock.comAs comets blaze across the night sky, they can bring wonder and excitement to those watching from Earth – or even a...
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Time travel is possible – but only if you have an object with infinite mass
Dr. Who used the this time machine, called the TARDIS, to travel through space and time on the BBC television show Dr. Who. Babbel1996 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAThe concept of time travel has always...
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How big data has created a big crisis in science
Scientists are facing a reproducibility crisis.Y Photo Studio/shutterstock.comThere’s an increasing concern among scholars that, in many areas of science, famous published results tend to be impossible...
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The key to our humanity isn't genetic, it's microbial
The microbes that live in our gut are essential to good health.Alpha Tauri 3D Graphics/SHutterstock.comWhat if the key to perfecting the human species were actually … yogurt? The fantasy of trying to...
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Looking for a high-tech gift for a young child? Think playgrounds, not playpens
It can be hard to tell whether what's in the box will encourage development or just be a waste of time.AP Photo/Rogelio V. SolisShopping for a new high-tech gift for the child in your life this holiday...
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How wireless recharging works – and doesn't, yet
Just put the phone down, and it'll charge right up.Wisanu Boonrawd/Shutterstock.comThough the days of hardwired wall-mounted phones are ending and wireless internet connections are common at home and...
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Trump administration ban on NIH use of fetal tissue should worry all scientists
Researchers studying Alzheimer's disease use fetal tissue for their experiments.Atthapon Raksthaput/Shutterstock.comThroughout history, politicians have restricted or outright banned certain areas of...
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China's win-at-all-costs approach suggests it will follow its own dangerous...
Megacity Shenzhen, as seen from Hong Kong, is a center for Chinese finance and tech.AP Photo/Kin CheungThe world was shocked by Chinese scientist He Jiankui’s recent claim that he’d brought to term...
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Why you should give your grandparents a 3D printer for Christmas
3D printed adaptive aids can cut costs by more than 94 percent.J.M. Pearce, CC BY-NDSenior citizens might really like – and use – a 3D printer. That’s the surprising, and money-saving, conclusion of a...
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If you recycled all the plastic garbage in the world, you could buy the NFL,...
A plastic waste dump. Mohameed Abdulraheem/shutterstock.comThis year, I served on the judging panel for The Royal Statistical Society’s International Statistic of the Year. On Dec. 18, we announced the...
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Advanced digital networks look a lot like the human nervous system
Studying digital and biological connections can shed light on both fields.MY stock/Shutterstock.comParents have experienced how newborns grab their finger and hold tight. This almost instantaneous...
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'Tis the season for conception
Lots of positive pregnancy tests this time of year.Kristina Kokhanova/Shutterstock.comDoes it ever seem like you’re invited to an awful lot of summer birthday gatherings? For good reason. In the United...
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What's wrong with Huawei, and why are countries banning the Chinese...
A major Chinese technology firm is under international scrutiny for its potential role in spying.AP Photo/Andy WongThe Chinese telecommunications company Huawei is under scrutiny around the globe over...
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David vs. Goliath: What a tiny electron can tell us about the structure of...
By Royalty-free stock illustration ID: 134556248 AtomRoman Sigaev/ Shutterstock.comWhat is the shape of an electron? If you recall pictures from your high school science books, the answer seems quite...
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