For all of human history, reproduction has relied on a simple biological formula. Sperm meets egg. They fuse, they divide, ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has identified seven new organic compounds on the planet Mars, according to new research published in ...

Genome duplication probably gave biodiversity a decisive evolutionary boost. A Chinese-German research team led by Axel Meyer ...

A new paper co-authored by Yale SOM’s James Choi offers a simple tool to approximate an optimal investment strategy.

Alumna, author and machine learning expert Vivienne Ming explains why the best defense against AI's downsides is investing in ...

Threats, Recovery Stories, and How We Can Help Across the globe, endangered species face a web of threats that undermine ecosystems and the services they provide. This piece explains the main ...

Injectable peptides are the new anti-ageing trend sweeping the beauty industry. These compounds are promoted on social media as tools for skin repair, collagen production and “cellular rejuvenation”.

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The electric-car maker says it happens rarely and at speeds below 10 mph. But the disclosure—in response to a US senator's questions—occasioned a call for more transparency. All the companies that ...

A new study suggests humans may face serious barriers to reproducing in space, raising new questions about how future settlements beyond Earth could sustain life. Researchers found that simulated ...

What will humans do? It’s the question I hear more than any other right now. People ask some version of it every time technology changes how work is structured. Steam power, electricity, and then ...

We humans like to think of ourselves as highly intelligent beings, and we do sit at the top of the evolutionary tree in tool-making and problem-solving. But our primate relatives can also demonstrate ...