Technology
DNA Drives Help Identify Missing People. It's a Privacy...
Police are hosting events to collect DNA samples that can help solve missing persons cases. But when people put their DNA in a commercial...
Scientists Have an Audacious Plan to Map the Ancient World...
Buried civilizations could soon become inaccessible forever. Archaeologists have to move fast, so they’re turning to the latest ground-scanning...
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The Mysterious ‘Warming Hole’ in the Middle of the US
The world is rapidly heating. So why has the central US been weirdly cool compared to the rest of the country?
The Climate Crisis Is Driving People to Substance Abuse
Extreme weather has decimated crops and incomes in northern India. To soothe their anxiety, agricultural workers are turning to tobacco...
Another Person Just Got a Pig Heart. Scientists Have a...
The first human to receive a genetically engineered pig heart survived two months. Surgeons are hoping this transplant will last longer.
Why Rain Is Getting Fiercer on a Warming Planet
Extreme rain is getting more extreme as temperatures rise. That may seem counterintuitive, but the underlying physics is crystal clear.
How NASA Is Protecting Its Precious Asteroid Bennu Sample
The OSIRIS-REx capsule containing a "treasure trove" of space rocks has now arrived at Johnson Space Center, where scientists will...
How to Make a Pig Heart Transplant Last in a Person
The first human to receive a genetically engineered pig heart survived two months. Surgeons are hoping this transplant will last longer.
The Secret of How Cells Make ‘Dark Oxygen’ Without Light
In some subterranean aquifers, cells have a chemical trick for making oxygen. It offers new insight into how life survives deep underground...
The World’s Largest—and Stinkiest—Flower Is in Danger of...
The 42 known species of the parasitic plant Rafflesia, known as the corpse flower, are endangered due to the destruction of forest...
