Consumer DNA testing promises more than it delivers
In Nevada, 40,000 people are stepping up to the cutting […]
What genetic tests from 23andMe, Veritas and Genos really told me about my health
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing first came on the ma […]
‘Outbreak’ puts the life cycle of an epidemic on display
In 1918, a pandemic of Spanish flu killed as much as 5 […]
Take a virtual trip to an alien world
If you’re looking for starry skies, exotic plant life a […]
In her short life, mathematician Emmy Noether changed the face of physics
On a warm summer evening, a visitor to 1920s Göttingen, […]
This heavy element has a football-shaped atomic nucleus
A heavy element’s nucleus is all bent out of shape. Nob […]
See this star nursery shine in a stunning new infrared image
New tech is revealing how young stars have an outsized […]
Bird poop helps keep coral reefs healthy, but rats are messing that up
When invasive rats chow down on island seabirds, coral […]
How a variation on Botox could be used to treat pain
Painkillers crafted with a part of the wrinkle-smoothin […]
One particle’s trek suggests that ‘spacetime foam’ doesn’t slow neutrinos
An intergalactic race between light and a bizarre subat […]