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A team of researchers in Japan have developed a new way to keep brain tissue from animals alive and viable for up to 25 days.
Brain

Scientists Keep Brain Tissue From Dead Mice Alive For Weeks

Scientists figured out how to breed hornless bulls by editing their genes, providing a painless alternative to horn-removing procedures.
Science & Energy

Scientists Use Gene-Hacking to Breed Hornless Bulls

NASA announced a new contest in which contestants are asked to come up with a design for a space garden capable of growing crops.
NASA

New NASA Contest Seeks Way to Grow a Space Garden

Researchers have found a way to coax the bacteria E. coli to produce psilocybin as a byproduct, potentially opening the door to mass production.
Health & Medicine

Researchers Gene-Hacked E. Coli to Produce Psilocybin

New lab-grown mini brains are the most advanced yet, spontaneously forming into neural circuits resembling the cerebral cortex and mirroring brain activity.
Brain

New Lab-Grown Mini Brains Are the Most Advanced Yet

There are a number of disturbing parallels between the coronavirus COVID-19 and the Spanish flu — and leaders seem to have ignored lessons from the past.
Viruses

In the Coronavirus, Historians See Echoes of Past Pandemics

Carbon capture will be key to addressing climate change, and now, scientists have found a gene that could make plants better at capturing and storing CO2.
Renewable Energy

Scientists Gene Edit Plants to be Better at Carbon Capture

According to Chinese state-owned news media, a team of Chinese scientists developed "injectable cartilage" that can be used to  repair human tissue.
Health & Medicine

New “Injectable Cartilage” Could Revolutionize Plastic Surgery

Lab-Grown Bladders Can Save People From a Lifetime of Dialysis
Prosthetics and Devices

Lab-Grown Bladders Can Save People From a Lifetime of Dialysis

A Green Future is Possible for NYC Thanks to One Innovative Organization
Future Society

A Green Future is Possible for NYC Thanks to One Innovative Organization

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Future Society

Sustainable Urban Living Isn’t Just Necessary – It’s a Giant Opportunity

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.
Biology

Scientists Create Material With “Artificial Metabolism”

The German government just proposed to make measles vaccinations mandatory for children and people who work at kindergartens and schools.
Health & Medicine

Germany Plans to Make Measles Vaccines Mandatory for All Children

The USDA has found gentically modified wheat growing in a field in Washington state — and it's not the first time the GMO plant has cropped up unexpectedly.
Science & Energy

GMO Wheat Escapes Lab, Grows in the Wild

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

Scientists Are Having Trouble Keeping Gene-Hacked Creatures Alive

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.
Biology

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

The 2019-nCoV pandemic that began as a viral outbreak in Wuhan, China has rapidly spread to new countries. Here's how it progressed over time.
Developments

Here’s a Timeline of How China’s Viral Outbreak Spread Worldwide

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Science & Energy

A New Gene Engineering Method Could Allow Us to Grow Organs for Transplants

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Advanced Transport

Allianz Wants to Tackle the Challenge of Creating Sustainable Urban Living

A fascinating new story looks at the growing market for mice that have been gene-edited to mimic human disease ranging from prostate cancer to diabetes.
Health & Medicine

These $17,000 Mice Are Gene-Edited to Mimic Human Diseases