Technology

Night skies across the U.S. danced with streaks of green and magenta this past week. People as far south as...

A mat composed of microbes may have preserved a series of 255-million-year-old indentations made in a sandy South African tidal...

Microorganisms are valuable manufacturing tools. Several biotechnology industries use Escherichia coli (E. coli) widely for production systems, so scientists have...

Science has long presumed that children living in cities grow faster and healthier than rural kids—but that trend has flipped...

Did a tiny amino acid, a cluster of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur atoms, kill Beethoven, and not syphilis...

New research suggests that transposable elements—or so-called “jumping genes”—may help scientists identify tumor-targeting proteins. The study, published Monday (March 27)...

ChatGPT is the first nonhuman subject I have ever tested. In my work as a clinical psychologist, I assess the...

When a surfer paddles out to catch a wave, their silhouette creates an image to a shark swimming below. Against...

A cell is a highly dynamic entity processing thousands of transcripts and proteins at any given time. Investigating the transcription...

Editor’s Note (3/27/23): Today a shooter killed at least six people, including three children, at the Covenant School in Nashville,...