A better way to convert dog years to human years, scientists say

New dog age calculator uses DNA changes to estimate how old your dog is in human years | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Colombian woman’s genes offer new clues to staving off Alzheimer’s

A rare mutation in a known Alzheimer’s risk gene points to potential treatments | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

How Enceladus got its water-spewing tiger stripes

Study explains how Saturn’s frozen moon cracked up | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

The next graphene? Shiny and magnetic, a new form of pure carbon dazzles

U-carbon could be used in lightweight coatings, medical products, and novel electronic devices | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Universe could loop back on itself, study of ancient light suggests

Others question the claim that the universe is “closed” | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

United States should make an investment in AI, top Senate Democrat says

Senator Charles Schumer (D–NY) says $100 billion more is needed to keep United States a global leader | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Sleep may trigger washing in the brain

Scientists show that our brains clean themselves while we slumber | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

How the early Christian church gave birth to today’s WEIRD Europeans

Centuries-old incest ban made Westerners more independent and trusting of strangers, study argues | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Revamped cancer drug starves tumors in mice

Compound that robs tumors of essential amino acid headed for clinical trials | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Liquid-in-liquid printing method could put 3D-printed organs in reach

New technique makes it easier to build stable “tissues” | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

DNA search used to nab GS Killer can home in on about 60% of white Americans

Researchers call for limiting how ancestry databases can be used to protect privacy | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Global impacts of thawing Arctic permafrost may be imminent

Seasonal carbon emissions seen outpacing absorption | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Journal will publish heavily criticized paper on gender differences in physics

Physicist Alessandro Strumia’s views have drawn widespread condemnation | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Severe and extensive misconduct by researcher who promoted cancer blood test

Court prevents publicity for investigations into Heidelberg University Hospital cancer test scandal | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Ancient soil from secret Greenland base suggests Earth could lose a lot of ice

Samples, lost for decades, rediscovered in Danish freezer | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Intensive DNA search yields 10 genes tied directly to schizophrenia

Rare genetic variants could point to new treatments for severe psychiatric disorder | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

AI allows paralyzed person to ‘handwrite’ with his mind

Technology could nearly double writing speed for “locked-in” individuals | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

New drug forces flu virus “error catastrophe,” overwhelms it with new mutations

Human trials are likely to start next spring | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

New video reveals how flies land upside-down

Study could inspire advanced drones and other flying robots | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Screening embryos for IQ and other complex traits is premature, study concludes

Study of virtual embryos and real offspring suggests increasingly popular polygenic risk scores are poorly predictive | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Catchy findings have propelled this ecologist to fame–and enraged his critics

Thomas Crowther’s work with big data has won huge grants and headlines | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

The plan to bring gene-based treatments for HIV, sickle cell disease to Africa

$200 million collaboration aims to launch gene therapy and editing clinical trials within a decade | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Poison used in recent attack on Russian spy may soon be banned

“Novichoks” are set to come under the chemical weapons treaty | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

IBM casts doubt on Google's claims of quantum supremacy

Google researchers say they have achieved milestone with number-generating computation | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

U.K. science minister says Darpa-like agency is in the works

Chris Skidmore says blue sky research funder would sit outside UK Research and Innovation | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

New ‘prime’ genome editor could surpass CRISPR

A more precise, flexible variation of the revolutionary DNA modifier makes its debut | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Deadly viper vs. harmless toad – can you tell the difference?

Congolese giant toad is a near-perfect match for the Gaboon viper | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Why skimping on sleep makes your brain crave sweets

The secret lies in the way your brain makes sense of scents | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

New universe of miniproteins is upending cell biology and genetics

Tiny proteins help power muscles and provide the toxic punch to many venoms | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Grad students to thesis committees: no more hors d'oeuvres

Our Experimental Error columnist argues that professors shouldn’t expect food at committee meetings | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

New universe of miniproteins is upending cell biology and genetics

Tiny proteins help power muscles and provide the toxic punch to many venoms | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

3000-year-old toolkit suggests warriors crossed Europe to fight an epic battle

Rare bag of metal scraps bolsters idea of sophisticated warfare in Bronze Age Germany | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Uyghur scientists swept up in China’s detentions

Science organizations speak out in defense of Uyghur academics | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

First-ever observations of sugar-coated RNA could alter the face of biochemistry

Never-before-seen chemical modifications set biochemists abuzz | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Why are adult daughters missing from ancient German cemeteries?

DNA and artifacts reveal marriage and inheritance patterns among Bronze Age farmers | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

To boost transparency, bioRxiv begins posting peer reviews next to preprints

A related experiment will provide new test of “portable” peer reviews | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Why did a humpback whale just save this seal's life?

First study finds multiple cases of humpback whales going on the offensive | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

How to Keep a Lab Notebook

Researchers from a variety of disciplines and career stages share what works for them | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Warm-blooded velociraptors? Fossilized proteins unravel dinosaur mysteries

New laser-based method unlocks chemistry of ancient life | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

How the 'Thermal Grill' Illusion Tricks the Mind

Strange burning sensation may provide clues to how brain registers pain | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Could robots be psychology’s new lab rats?

Science speaks with researchers putting AI brains into robot bodies | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Echolocation in blind people reveals the brain’s adaptive powers

Spatial maps in “visual” processing areas help interpret echoes | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Ancient DNA Traces the Black Death to Russia’s Volga Region

There, a single strain of Yersinia pestis is ancestral to all other strains studied | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Windborne mosquitoes may carry malaria hundreds of kilometers

Discovery of high-altitude migration has big implications for disease control | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

First alien gases detected from interstellar comet

Comet 2I/Borisov is releasing cyanogen—similar to comets from our own solar system | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

‘Planet Nine’ may be a black hole

Physicists suggest searching for gamma ray flashes to find it | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

NIH reveals its formula for tracking foreign influences

National Institutes of Health official points to threat from China’s talents program as agency watchdog calls for better vetting of peer reviewers | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Planet 9 may be a black hole

Physicists suggest searching for gamma ray flashes to find it | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago