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Ending Aging: Scientists Say Telomeres May Be the Key to Unlocking Near-Immortality

Ending Aging: Scientists Say Telomeres May Be the Key to Unlocking Near-Immortality

A Single Gene Could Help Us Bring an End to Chronic Pain

A Single Gene Could Help Us Bring an End to Chronic Pain

We Have a New Understanding of the Rarest Symbiotic Relationship in Nature

We Have a New Understanding of the Rarest Symbiotic Relationship in Nature

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Glowing Worms Prove Environmental Changes Can Affect Genes for 14 Generations

By Chelsea Gohd

Rats That Live 30 Years, Rarely Get Cancer, and Feel No Pain Are Revolutionizing Medicine

Rats That Live 30 Years, Rarely Get Cancer, and Feel No Pain Are Revolutionizing Medicine

By Patrick Caughill

Scientists Assert That Modern Society is Transforming the Biological Evolution of Our Species

Scientists Assert That Modern Society is Transforming the Biological Evolution of Our Species

By June Javelosa

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Remember, Remember: Scientists Transplant Embryonic Neurons to Erase Fear

By Jelor Gallego

Beyond Darwin: Scientists May Be Redefining Evolution

Beyond Darwin: Scientists May Be Redefining Evolution

By Eleazer Corpuz

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Scientists May Have Found Protein That Could Help Unlock Spinal Regeneration in Humans

By Jelor Gallego

Soon We Could Have a Detailed Map of Every Cell in the Human Body

Soon We Could Have a Detailed Map of Every Cell in the Human Body

By Jess Vilvestre

Study Shows Why We Are Made of DNA and Not RNA

Study Shows Why We Are Made of DNA and Not RNA

Gene Editing Can Now Change An Entire Species Forever

Gene Editing Can Now Change An Entire Species Forever

By Patrick Caughill

This 25-Year-Old Lived for More Than a Year Without a Heart

This 25-Year-Old Lived for More Than a Year Without a Heart

By Science Alert

There’s a Revised “Tree Of Life,” And It Has 1000+ New Species

There’s a Revised “Tree Of Life,” And It Has 1000+ New Species

By Kathleen Riley

This New Drug Could Combat the Ebola Virus in a Unique Way

This New Drug Could Combat the Ebola Virus in a Unique Way

By Sarah Marquart

Scientists Find Microbe Grows 60% Better in Space Than on Earth

Scientists Find Microbe Grows 60% Better in Space Than on Earth

By Todd Jaquith

You Can Get a Clear Picture of the Inside of Your Lungs, Thanks to Krypton

You Can Get a Clear Picture of the Inside of Your Lungs, Thanks to Krypton

By Sarah Marquart

T-Cell Therapy Leads to “Extraordinary Results” for Cancer Patients in Early Clinical Trials

T-Cell Therapy Leads to “Extraordinary Results” for Cancer Patients in Early Clinical Trials

By Sarah Marquart

Cotton Candy May be the Key to Creating Artificial Organs

Cotton Candy May be the Key to Creating Artificial Organs

By Sarah Marquart

Scientists Claim That They Have Discovered How to “Delete” Unwanted Memories

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Scientists Claim That They Have Discovered How to “Delete” Unwanted Memories

By Sarah Marquart

Cryopreservation Breakthrough: We Just Preserved an Entire Brain Down to the Last Neuron

Cryopreservation Breakthrough: We Just Preserved an Entire Brain Down to the Last Neuron

By Sarah Marquart

Scientists Begin Work on Reverse-Engineering the Brain

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Scientists Begin Work on Reverse-Engineering the Brain

By Sarah Marquart

Could a Fungus be the Answer to Giving Lab-Grown Meat Texture?

Could a Fungus be the Answer to Giving Lab-Grown Meat Texture?

By Sarah Marquart

Scientists Discover How the Human Brain Folds

Scientists Discover How the Human Brain Folds

By Sarah Marquart

Fungi and Lichens Survive 18 Months In Mars-Like Conditions Outside the ISS

Fungi and Lichens Survive 18 Months In Mars-Like Conditions Outside the ISS

By Sarah Marquart

The Memory Capacity of Human Brain Could be 10 Times More Than Once Thought

The Memory Capacity of Human Brain Could be 10 Times More Than Once Thought

By Sarah Marquart

These Are the First-Ever Photos of a Single Protein

These Are the First-Ever Photos of a Single Protein

By Sarah Marquart

How Chromosome Extensions “Turn Back the Aging Clock”

How Chromosome Extensions “Turn Back the Aging Clock”

By Sarah Marquart

Scientists Convert Cells into Stem Cells by Squeezing Them

Scientists Convert Cells into Stem Cells by Squeezing Them

By Sarah Marquart

New Device Can Instantly Turn Sperm-Flow On and Off

New Device Can Instantly Turn Sperm-Flow On and Off

By Sarah Marquart

A Single Blood Test That Can Detect All Cancers? It’s in the Works

A Single Blood Test That Can Detect All Cancers? It’s in the Works

By Sarah Marquart

Scientists Discover New Class of Sound Wave, Could Let Us Inhale Vaccines

Scientists Discover New Class of Sound Wave, Could Let Us Inhale Vaccines

By Sarah Marquart

New Research Shows the Tardigrade Turns to Glass When It Dries Out

New Research Shows the Tardigrade Turns to Glass When It Dries Out

This Glow-In-The-Dark Pet Is Actually Alive

This Glow-In-The-Dark Pet Is Actually Alive

Cyborg Future: Engineers Build a Chip That Is Part Biological and Part Synthetic

Cyborg Future: Engineers Build a Chip That Is Part Biological and Part Synthetic

Scientists Make Flatworms Grow Heads and Brains of Other Species

Scientists Make Flatworms Grow Heads and Brains of Other Species

Scientists Grow Vocal Cord Tissue in a Lab for the First Time, and It Produces Sound

Scientists Grow Vocal Cord Tissue in a Lab for the First Time, and It Produces Sound

By Miguel Santos

Watch: The War Inside Your Body

From Quarks to Quasars

Watch: The War Inside Your Body

By Jolene Creighton

Predetermined Genius: A Potential for High Intelligence Lies in Genetics

Predetermined Genius: A Potential for High Intelligence Lies in Genetics

Scientists Start to Genetically Engineer Wildlife, and Nobody Knows What to Do About It

Scientists Start to Genetically Engineer Wildlife, and Nobody Knows What to Do About It

Soylent 2.0 Comes Pre-Bottled to Make the Liquid Food More Convenient

Soylent 2.0 Comes Pre-Bottled to Make the Liquid Food More Convenient

This Startup Made a $5 Cup of Poop Coffee Using Biotech

This Startup Made a $5 Cup of Poop Coffee Using Biotech

This New Technique Makes Rewriting the Genetic Code of Living Organisms Much Easier

This New Technique Makes Rewriting the Genetic Code of Living Organisms Much Easier

By Jolene Creighton

Soon You Won’t Need to Go to the Doctor’s Office for a Blood Test

Soon You Won’t Need to Go to the Doctor’s Office for a Blood Test

Oldest Sperm Ever, Discovered in Antarctica

Oldest Sperm Ever, Discovered in Antarctica

MIT Engineers Develop Basic Computing Elements for Bacteria

MIT Engineers Develop Basic Computing Elements for Bacteria

By Angelie Hawks

Eastern Puma Declared Extinct

Eastern Puma Declared Extinct

By Hashem AL-ghaili

A Cure for Diabetes? Staph Bacteria Identified as Potential Cause

A Cure for Diabetes? Staph Bacteria Identified as Potential Cause

Synthetic Biology Startup Zymergen Emerges From Stealth With $44 Million

Synthetic Biology Startup Zymergen Emerges From Stealth With $44 Million

By Jim Crawford

Previously Unknown Fifth Nucleic Base Has Been Discovered

Previously Unknown Fifth Nucleic Base Has Been Discovered

New Storage Method Allows 70 Million Books to Be Stored in a Drop of Liquid

New Storage Method Allows 70 Million Books to Be Stored in a Drop of Liquid

Watch: Milking the World’s Most Venomous Fish

Watch: Milking the World’s Most Venomous Fish

By Jolene Creighton

Watch: Scientists Capture Footage of Amazing, “Ultra-Rare” Black Flamingo

Watch: Scientists Capture Footage of Amazing, “Ultra-Rare” Black Flamingo

By Jolene Creighton

New Type of Stem Cell Could Make It Easier to Grow Human Organs

There is No “Missing Link” in Evolution

There is No “Missing Link” in Evolution

By Jolene Creighton

Blue Whales: Meet the Largest Creatures On Earth

Blue Whales: Meet the Largest Creatures On Earth

By Jolene Creighton

Chinese Scientists Genetically Modify Human Embryos

Chinese Scientists Genetically Modify Human Embryos

Cultured meat could spell the end of traditional cattle farming within just a few decades

Researchers nearly double the size of worker ants

By Matthew Lincoln

NASA Scientists Recreate Building Blocks of Life by Simulating Outer Space Environment

By Oana Stefanescu

Do you stray or stay? Humans divide into promiscuous or faithful groups

Do you stray or stay? Humans divide into promiscuous or faithful groups

‘Long life” gene might also be linked to increased intelligence during old age

By Christine Doan

New “triggered-release” mechanism could improve drug delivery

By MolecularMatt

23andMe reviews the top genetic findings of 2014

By Andrew Johnson