Technology

When transgender men transition, they may choose to take androgens—masculinizing hormones including testosterone—and undergo gender-affirming surgery. Hormone treatments affect the...

For the first time, the U.S. government has proposed limits on toxic “forever chemicals” in the nation’s drinking water. Compounds...

The Greek historian Herodotus reported over 2,000 years ago on a misguided forbidden experiment in which two children were prevented from hearing...

Without the trillions of bacteria in the gut, muscles might not be able to knit themselves back together after an...

In 2016 a computer named AlphaGo made headlines for defeating then world champion Lee Sedol at the ancient, popular strategy...

The Science Near Me blog is a partnership between Discover magazine and ScienceNearMe.org.It’s almost March 14, better known as Pi...

BRANDTECH ScientificMany experiments require repetitive pipetting steps, from setting up a dilution series to assembling hundreds of PCR or sequencing...

Consider the possibility that all human technology started with a mistake—or at least a lack of hand-eye coordination. In pursuit...

It’s obvious to many of us — whether we’re an only child or not — that siblings are often different...

Eighty million Americans have an autoimmune disease. Most such diseases are lifelong and often debilitating. They have no cure, and...