Heidi Ledford tours an exhibition about the trailblazing technique and the 6 million babies born using it — including the first, Louise Brown. | Continue reading
A meta-analysis of studies on chimpanzees and bonobos across Africa shows that their conspecific aggression is the normal and expected product of adaptive strategies to obtain resources or mates and has no connection with the impacts of human activities. | Continue reading
Craig Venter’s creation comes as CRISPR gene-editing methods provide alternative ways to tinker with life’s building blocks. | Continue reading
Scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency hope for the best, but fear the worst. | Continue reading
With the end of Europe’s Planck mission, researchers are moving to smaller projects studying different aspects of the cosmic microwave background. | Continue reading
Critical thinking and clear definitions still have value in entrenched, polarized discussions, says Alberto Kornblihtt. | Continue reading
The Parker Solar Probe will dive into the sizzling solar corona to explore its mysteries. | Continue reading
Negotiations with Elsevier have stalled over open-access deals. | Continue reading
An electron microscope has been developed that produces images at higher resolution than conventional approaches can achieve, and is suitable for studying fragile materials that can be damaged by electron beams. | Continue reading
The planet now has 79 known moons, including a tiny oddball on a collision course with its neighbours. | Continue reading
Privacy concerns and cultural differences make some researchers sceptical that the method could work in other countries. | Continue reading
A contentious theory is put to the test with an almost-life-size replica. | Continue reading
A non-viral strategy to introduce large DNA sequences into T cells enables the correction of a pathogenic mutation that causes autoimmunity, and the replacement of an endogenous T-cell receptor with an engineered receptor that can recognize cancer antigens. | Continue reading
Uncertainty, hostility and irrelevance are now part of daily life for scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency. | Continue reading
How does the brain know where it is? Nachum Ulanovsky hopes his flying friends can help him find the answer. | Continue reading
Transfer of senescent cells into naive, young mice can induce physical dysfunction, and a senolytic can reverse this dysfunction and potently increase lifespan in aged mice. | Continue reading
Experiments show that the tardigrade’s resilience can be transferred to cultures of human cells. | Continue reading
Science offers renewed hope for those still waiting for their moment in the spotlight. | Continue reading
Experiments in mice suggest that the technology has a long way to go before being used for pest control in the wild. | Continue reading
Continuous culturing of individually controlled growth experiments in parallel and at high-throughput is enabled with an automated DIY platform. | Continue reading
Molecule with therapeutic potential stimulates immune cells that can gobble up tumour cells. | Continue reading
Create a champagne set-up on a beer budget | Continue reading
All inner main-belt asteroids, and not just those belonging to a specific family as previously thought, originate from the splintering of a few large asteroids. The history of such precursors determines the compositional variety we observe in asteroids and meteorites. | Continue reading
Girls and boys show no cognitive differences in mathematical ability during infancy and early childhood across multiple tasks. To compare boys’ and girls’ early mathematical thinking, Alyssa Kersey and colleagues at the University of Rochester and University of Pittsburgh examine … | Continue reading
Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a severe form of nausea and vomiting associated with unfavourable outcomes during pregnancy. Here, Fejzo et al. perform genome-wide scans for HG and pregnancy nausea and vomiting and identify genetic associations at two loci implicating the genes GD … | Continue reading
European nations see biggest increases in use of stimulants such as Ritalin by people seeking brain-boosting effects. | Continue reading
DNA-strand-displacement reactions are used to implement a neural network that can distinguish complex and noisy molecular patterns from a set of nine possibilities—an improvement on previous demonstrations that distinguished only four simple patterns. | Continue reading
A supramolecule that inhibits the colony stimulating factor 1 and SIRPα receptors on macrophages significantly enhances antitumour and antimetastatic efficacies in two aggressive animal models of melanoma and breast cancer. | Continue reading
Programmers turn to voice-command tools to give their hands a rest. | Continue reading
Early results from birth-cohort have public-health implications, as other groups use the data to investigate the microbiome and mental health. | Continue reading
Scientists are beginning to unravel a mystery that has long vexed philosophers. | Continue reading
The ability to control very small groups of neurons could have big implications for brain science. | Continue reading
Humans are masters of dexterity. But robots are catching up. | Continue reading
Quirks in ‘Oumuamua’s path through the Solar System helped researchers solve a case of mistaken identity. | Continue reading