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South Africa amended its research guidelines to allow for heritable human genome editing
The newly added language appears to position the country as the first to explicitly...
Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya
There’s been an exciting new discovery in the fight against plastic pollution: mealworm...
As the Taurid meteor shower passes by Earth, pseudoscience rains down – and obscures a potential real threat from space
So let’s try to find the line between fact and fiction
Get chronic UTIs? Future treatments may add more bacteria to your bladder to beat back harmful microbes
With further development, we believe this technique could help manage recurring...
A single atom can change the colour of a bird. These are the genes responsible
Across the animal kingdom, birds are some of the most colourful creatures of all....
Brain-training games remain unproven, but research shows what sorts of activities do benefit cognitive functioning
You might be thinking it’s time to take up digital photography or quilting. But...
Cacti are surprisingly fragile – and five other intriguing facts about these spiky wonders
Few plant families are as iconic as the resilient, spiky cactus, thriving in the...
Five animals that behave differently in moonlight
Across the world, here are five animal species that have fascinating behavioural...
A distant planet seems to have a sulphur-rich atmosphere, hinting at alien volcanoes
Our solar system lacks a planet whose size falls into the range between Earth and...
Plants and animals with bigger genomes grow less efficiently – new research helps explain why they never died out
All living things have a blueprint provided by the DNA that is stored in every one...
Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seeds
Today, seed banks around the world are doing much of the work of saving crop varieties...
Valencia floods: Our warming climate is making once-rare weather more common, and more destructive
These storms are formed in the same way as Atlantic hurricanes or typhoons in China....
Carl Sagan’s scientific legacy extends far beyond ‘Cosmos’
Sagan was an unequaled science communicator, astute advocate and prolific writer....
How wasted heat from our bodies could generate green energy
If you’ve ever seen yourself through a thermal imaging camera, you’ll know that...
Apophis: a new European space mission could get up close with a large asteroid that’s set to brush by Earth
Luckily, Apophis won’t hit Earth in 2029. Instead, it will pass by Earth safely...
Bird flu detected in pigs – here’s why virologists are concerned
We don’t yet know if the pig was actually infected or if it had just snuffled up...