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A team of London-based scientists used the popular gene-editing technique CRISPR to genetically modify human embryos — but the results were not good.
Gene Editing

The disastrous results are a warning to "stay the living daylights away from embryo editing," an expert says.

By Victor Tangermann

According to new research, there could be as many as six billion Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars in our galaxy.
Science & Energy

According to new research, there could be a staggering number of opportunities for life in our galaxy.

By Victor Tangermann

New animation tech can create a virtual represenation of a dog after filming it with a single camera, no motion capture suit needed.
Science & Energy

"Dog owners could also use it to make a 3D digital representation of their pet on their computer, which is a lot of fun!"

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk: SpaceX Building Floating Spaceports for Moon, Mars Launches
Elon Musk

"SpaceX is building floating, superheavy-class spaceports."

By Victor Tangermann

A common mutation of the coronavirus is far more contagious than others, potentially explaining why some regions were so devastated.
Viruses

A mutated strain may explain the massive death toll in specific areas.

By Dan Robitzski

As part of a Huntington's trial, researchers found that high doses of ketamine were capable of switching on and off the brain activity in sheep.
Neuroscience and Brain

It appeared to turn their brains off and then on again.

By Victor Tangermann

By genetically modifying goats, scientists found a way to make them manufacture expensive cancer medications in their milk.
Cancer

Yes, you read that right.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of astronomers probing the night sky for signs of dark energy discovered almost 21,000 new, extremely-dim galaxies.
Energy

These unusual galaxies are even dimmer than the night sky.

By Dan Robitzski

According to new research, flushing the toilet could leave behind a cloud of aerosol droplets that have the potential to carry coronavirus particles.
Developments

Well, this is horrifying.

By Victor Tangermann

The FDA just authorized an iOS game as a treatment for adolescent ADHD, making it the first ever prescription video game.
RX and Medicine

Can playing this game really reduce symptoms of ADHD?

By Dan Robitzski

According to experts, a drug used to reduce inflammation for a variety of conditions cut the risk of death of COVID-19 patients on ventilators by a third.
Viruses

"It's a major breakthrough."

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter probe just made its first close approach of the Sun, getting to 47.8 million miles from the star's surface.
Science & Energy

“We have never taken pictures of the Sun from a closer distance than this."

By Victor Tangermann

According to retired NASA astronaut Thomas Jones, the global failure to contain COVID-19 could be a teachable moment for asteroid impact planning.
Science & Energy

If a killer asteroid was headed toward earth, this NASA astronaut says our "fragmented, staggered" response to COVID would doom us.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have identified a green glow in the atmosphere of Mars caused by oxygen atoms being released from carbon dioxide due to sunlight.
Science & Energy

It's the first time such a glow has been observed around a planet other than Earth.

By Victor Tangermann

Michael Flor, who survived a record-setting 62-day hospital stay for the coronavirus, just got hit by a $1.1 million hospital bill.
Viruses

He hopefully won't have to actually pay it — but the sticker price shows the staggering cost of the pandemic.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at Duke University have developed an AI that can generate a detailed computer-generated portrait of a human face from a pixelized version.
Artificial Intelligence

Enhance!

By Victor Tangermann

Loneliness is difficult to quantify, but scientists find that prolonged isolation can lead to both mental and physical medical conditions.
Health & Medicine

It's not just you.

By Dan Robitzski

New Research: There Could Be 36 Alien Civilizations in Our Galaxy
Science & Energy

They say there "should be around 36 active civilizations in our Galaxy."

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time, astronomers were able to watch the entire, weeks-long process of a neutron star absorbing matter and creating a powerful x-ray blast.
Physics

This is awe-inspiring.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are closing in on a 13-billion-year-old signal from the "dark age" of the universe, an ancient era from before stars had formed.
Science & Energy

They're honing in on a 13-billion-year-old signal.

By Dan Robitzski