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A team of researchers and citizen scientists discovered a never-before-classified species of rare snail and named it after climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Scientists Discover New Snail, Name It After Greta Thunberg

German scientists say that for the first time ever, they've created a lab-grown artificial genome that can reproduce itself like a living organism.

Scientists Create Artificial Genome That Can Reproduce

By Jon Christian

Four newly-discovered sharks use their fins to crawl across coral reefs — and can also walk across short stretches of dry land.

Sharks Are Evolving to Walk on Land

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists is exploring a bizarre idea: finding a way to build structures, circuitry, and other materials out of living fungal architecture.

These Researchers Want You to Live In a Fungus Megastructure

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists sequenced the entire giant squid genome, revealing new hints into how the unusual creature reached its huge size and developed a complex brain.

Researchers Finally Sequence Giant Squid’s Entire Genome

By Dan Robitzski

A true mad scientist bred 97 different kinds of broccoli and mapped their DNA. The verdict? all of them were "delicious."

A Researcher Grew 97 Kinds of Broccoli and Sequenced Their DNA

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists built a new remote acoustic survey tool to track wild frog populations. The best part is they decided to name it the FrogPhone.

Scientists Built a “FrogPhone” to Remotely Survey Frog Habitats

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists observed surprisingly complex behavior from a single-celled organism that strongly resembles active decisionmaking.

This Single-Celled Creature Is Weirdly Smart

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are learning more and more ways to gene-hack new traits into animals, including genetic alterations that could enhance their intelligence.

Fringe Idea: Should We Gene-Hack Animals to Make Them Smarter?

By Dan Robitzski

A visit to the seafloor at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill revealed a nightmarish landscape populated by gruesome, tumor-filled sea life.

The Deepwater Horizon Spill Created Horrific Mutant Creatures

By Dan Robitzski

Wally Conron, the first person to breed a labradoodle, regrets his experiment and says he opened Pandora's box by creating the crossbreed dog.

Labradoodle Creator Says Dog Breed Is Insane, Diseased

By Dan Robitzski

A massive international study debunked the long-standing myth of a so-called "gay gene." The genetic links to sexual orientation are far more complex.

Huge Study Conclusively Debunks the “Gay Gene” Myth

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found that lab-grown mini-brains on the International Space Station are giving off brain waves, potentially posing a new ethical dilemma.

Scientists Grew Tiny Human Brains and Hooked Them up to Robots

By Dan Robitzski

An experiment called BioRock is figuring out whether bacteria could turn space rocks into farmable soil for future off-world settlements.

Astronomers Want to Use Bacteria to Mine Space Rocks

By Dan Robitzski

News recently broke about worms that had allegedly been frozen in Arctic permafrost for 40,000 years. It turns out they're probably a lot younger.

That Story About the Ancient Frozen Worms Might Be Bologna

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists who were melting permafrost ice to look for ancient microbes were surprised to see a pile of 41,000 year-old worms wake up and wiggle around.

Scientists Melted Ancient Ice and a Long-Dead Worm Wriggled Out

By Dan Robitzski

A third CRISPR baby was expected to be due in late June or early July, but the Chinese government is keeping quiet about the gene-hacking controversy.

We May Never Know When That Third CRISPR Baby Is Born

By Dan Robitzski

Those Gene-Hacked Babies May Be Doomed to Die Young

Those Gene-Hacked Babies May Be Doomed to Die Young

By Dan Robitzski

An anaconda gave birth via parthenogenesis, where it produced offspring without mating. Now, scientists confirm that the offspring are genetic replicas.

The Science Behind an Anaconda’s “Virgin Birth”

By Dan Robitzski

Science writer Philip Ball donated some arm flesh to a lab that grew a miniature brain out of his cells. It made him question how we define humanity.

A Lab Grew a “Mini Brain” From This Guy’s Cells. Then Things Got Weird.

By Dan Robitzski

Using a powerful supercomputer, scientists simulated every single one of the billion atoms found in a human gene. It may help them crack genetic disease.

Scientists Simulated Every Single Atom of a Single Gene

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are using CRISPR technology to develop new model organisms. But actually keeping the gene-hacked critters alive comes with new challenges.

Scientists Are Having Trouble Keeping Gene-Hacked Creatures Alive

By Dan Robitzski

A new biomaterial exhibits metabolism-like behaviors. It appears in some ways to act like a living thing, blurring the line between biology and machinery.

Scientists Create Material With “Artificial Metabolism”

By Dan Robitzski

Siberian scientists conducted an autopsy of a 42,000-year-old foal of an extinct horse, and found that it's so well-preserved they may be able to clone it.

Scientists Plan to Clone Extinct Horse Using 42,000-Year-Old Blood

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, scientists used CRISPR to gene-edit lizards, uncovering techniques that could lead to new medical treatments for humans.

Scientists Gene-Hacked Lizards to Make Them Albino

By Dan Robitzski

Instead of cutting a person open, future surgeries could be done by shocking cartilage until it's malleable and reshaping it with molds.

New Technique Alters Your Facial Appearance Without Surgery

By Dan Robitzski

A new genetic trick allowed researchers to use bacteria to manufacture super-strong spider silk faster than spiders do themselves.

Scientists Gene-Hacked Bacteria to Make Bullet-Proof Spider Silk

By Dan Robitzski

The World Health Organization called for a public registry for all human gene-editing research to prevent any more debacles like that caused by He Jiankui

United Nations Calls for Registry of Human Gene-Editing Projects

By Dan Robitzski

A new study found that some humans possess the ability to detect Earth's magnetism. We don't know why or how, but scientists think it's vestigial.

“Provocative” Research: Some People Can Sense Magnetic Fields

By Dan Robitzski

Facing stricter restrictions on their gene-editing research from the FDA, some scientists are packing up their labs and leaving the U.S.

Scientists Are Fleeing America’s Rules About Gene-Editing Animals

By Dan Robitzski

A new gene therapy tested on mice can treat a specific kind of congenital deafness by repairing a faulty inner-ear protein.

Scientists Used Gene Therapy to Cure Deafness in Mice

By Dan Robitzski

New research that grew new mouse toes took an important step towards the ability to regenerate mammalian limbs after amputation.

A New Cocktail of Proteins Makes Mice Regenerate Toes Like Lizards

By Dan Robitzski

Stanford University is currently investigating three scientists who either knew about or were involved in He Jiankui's infamous CRISPR baby research.

Stanford Probes Faculty Who Knew About Gene-Hacked Chinese Babies

By Dan Robitzski

An international team of neuroscientists just found four distinction patterns of brain activity that they say are responsible for consciousness.

Scientists Claim to Find “Neurological Signature” of Consciousness

By Dan Robitzski

Self-Propelling Pills Could Mean The End of Needle Vaccines

Self-Propelling Pills Could Mean The End of Needle Vaccines

By Dan Robitzski

The ongoing government shutdown is causing dire effects on biological research, as furloughed scientists struggle to keep their research subjects alive.

Government Shutdown Could Have Lasting Impacts on Scientific Progress

By Dan Robitzski

Washington State University researchers studied plants to determine the blueprints for their immune system

Researchers Found the Blueprint for Plant Immune Systems

When scientists finally build quantum computers, they'll make quick work of current cybersecurity. But using biological systems for security may stump them.

New Encryption Is Based on the Random Movement of Living Cells

By Dan Robitzski

Lab-Grown Neanderthal Minibrains Reveal How They’re Different From Humans’

Lab-Grown Neanderthal Minibrains Reveal How They’re Different From Humans’

By Dan Robitzski

Brain Scans Of Stressed Pilots Uncover A Big Problem With How We Do Science

Brain Scans Of Stressed Pilots Uncover A Big Problem With How We Do Science

By Dan Robitzski

Robo-Bees Can Infiltrate and Influence Insect Societies To Stop Them From Going Extinct

Robo-Bees Can Infiltrate and Influence Insect Societies To Stop Them From Going Extinct

By Dan Robitzski

Forget High-Tech Watches; Future Spies May Carry Chemical Passwords On Napkins

Forget High-Tech Watches; Future Spies May Carry Chemical Passwords On Napkins

By Dan Robitzski

Plan to Create a Genetic Rolodex of Life on Earth Could Save Lives

Plan to Create a Genetic Rolodex of Life on Earth Could Save Lives

By Kristin Houser

The World’s Rivers Are All Backed Up, Leaving Fish With No Place To Go

The World’s Rivers Are All Backed Up, Leaving Fish With No Place To Go

By Dan Robitzski

A Moss Can Naturally Clean Harmful Arsenic From Water

A Moss Can Naturally Clean Harmful Arsenic From Water

By Dan Robitzski

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Study Explains “Fountain of Youth” Effect of Young Blood on Old Mice

By Chelsea Gohd

Viral Insulin Discovery Suggests Microbes Could Influence Diabetes

Viral Insulin Discovery Suggests Microbes Could Influence Diabetes

By Patrick Caughill

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Now a Person’s Genes Could Reveal Their Time of Death

A Strange Creature Discovered by Darwin Has Baffled Researchers for Decades

A Strange Creature Discovered by Darwin Has Baffled Researchers for Decades

Researchers Have Mapped Out How Plants Sense Our World

Researchers Have Mapped Out How Plants Sense Our World

By Christianna Reedy

Eight “Facts” about the Human Body Debunked by Science

Eight “Facts” about the Human Body Debunked by Science

By Kristin Houser

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Scientists Just Took a Giant Leap Forward in the Quest to Create Artificial Life

Scientists Now Know HIV’s Complete Structure, Clearing Path To Cure

Scientists Now Know HIV’s Complete Structure, Clearing Path To Cure

By Patrick Caughill

A New Model Could Clue Us Into How Life Began on Earth

A New Model Could Clue Us Into How Life Began on Earth

By Patrick Caughill

Working Nights Could Be Destroying Your Health

Working Nights Could Be Destroying Your Health

Groundbreaking New Work “Rejuvenates” Old Cells

Groundbreaking New Work “Rejuvenates” Old Cells

Scientists May Have Found the Chemical Compound That Started Life

Scientists May Have Found the Chemical Compound That Started Life

By Chelsea Gohd

Reprogramming an Organism’s Mating Habits Could Create a Safer Future

Reprogramming an Organism’s Mating Habits Could Create a Safer Future

We’ll Soon Be Able to Grow Human Organs From Pig Organs

We’ll Soon Be Able to Grow Human Organs From Pig Organs

By Chelsea Gohd

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Blood-Thinning Drugs Found to “Reduce Risk of Dementia by 48 Percent”

Scientists Eradicated Smallpox. With Synthetic Biology, We Can Bring it Back.

Scientists Eradicated Smallpox. With Synthetic Biology, We Can Bring it Back.

Scientists Just Used Brain Stimulation to Literally Change How People Think

Scientists Just Used Brain Stimulation to Literally Change How People Think

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Overlooked DNA Leads Researchers to The “Big Bang” of Immune Cell Development

Researchers Establish New Scale to Measure a Person’s Wisdom

Researchers Establish New Scale to Measure a Person’s Wisdom