Technology

A startup used gene editing to make mustard greens more appetizing to consumers. Next up: fruits.

Chill materials to extreme temperatures, and their vibrations show properties that could one day be exploited to create memory in...

The first large-scale comparison of DNA mutation rates in 68 different vertebrate species gives insights into how quickly life can...

Researchers in Kotzebue, Alaska, are investigating why their town is increasingly playing host to harmful cyanobacteria.

Over the past couple of decades, global suicide prevention efforts have reduced deaths by a third—but some countries are falling behind.

Isaac Newton connected the two motions in a way that revolutionized physics and made space travel possible.

Every year, thousands of pets develop tumors very similar to those found in people. Find drugs that work for canines, and human treatments...

In 2019 and 2020, the out-of-control blazes sent clouds of smoke across the Pacific, where they brightened clouds and cooled the ocean.

Wildfires and human meddling are transforming the Arctic and its surroundings from a carbon sink into a carbon emitter, exacerbating...

The highest alerts are being unraveled globally. But with some 7 million people dead, there are hard lessons to learn from the pandemic—and...