A super-sharp gene editing tool could tackle high cholesterol and other common ailments By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira / Jul 18, 2022
These seawater-sipping robots use drifting genes to make ocean guest logs By Charlotte Hu / May 23, 2022
A viral descendent of the deadly 1918 flu is probably still going around By Hannah Seo / May 11, 2022
What ancient graves can teach us about the history of inequality By Carles Lalueza-Fox / MIT Press / Apr 20, 2022
Anthropologists are still wrestling with their obligations to the living and dead By Philip Kiefer / Apr 13, 2022
Ancient DNA paints a vivid picture of early humans in Africa By Sawchuk et al. / The Conversation / Feb 24, 2022
Good news for lychee lovers: There may be a way to grow the fruits year-round By Nikita Amir / Jan 5, 2022
How do you track a salmonella outbreak? A data journalist followed the DNA trail to slaughterhouses. By Irena Hwang/ProPublica / Nov 15, 2021
23andMe can now test for BRCA mutations. Here’s what you need to know. By Sara Chodosh / Nov 15, 2021
Animals have an internal ‘GPS’ that tells body parts where to grow By Ethan Bier/The Conversation / Nov 12, 2021
This CRISPR startup thinks that mammoths can save the Arctic. Is it right? By Charlotte Hu / Sep 13, 2021
4 unexpected facts about the Northern cardinal, a bird you should know better By Purbita Saha / Jul 26, 2021
Understanding plant biological clocks could boost future agriculture By Sara Kiley Watson / May 4, 2021
Seed banks are full of hidden fungi, and scientists love it By Rowena Hill/The Conversation / Mar 25, 2021
Corpse flowers across the country are swapping pollen to stay stinky By Doug Johnson/Undark / Jan 13, 2021
The secret to helping this resilient whale species lies in its genes By Emma Carroll/The Conversation / Nov 2, 2020
This neurobiologist wants to know if children can inherit trauma genetically By Science Friday / Oct 21, 2020
Gut bacteria might flip the effects of a common cancer-causing mutation in an unexpected way By Hannah Seo / Aug 20, 2020
Gene-edited cows could make meat more sustainable. But would people eat it? By Dyllan Furness/Undark / Aug 7, 2020
Why we evolved to feel empathy during pandemics and other disasters By Peter Sterling/MIT Press Reader / Apr 29, 2020
The ‘chew chew cult’ is a Victorian diet fad that should really, really never come back By PopSci Staff / Jan 29, 2020
A mysterious cluster of deaths amongst Amish children has finally been solved By Sara Chodosh / Jan 14, 2020
A controversial new study claims Botswana may be the origin of modern humanity By Kat Eschner / Oct 31, 2019
Collecting more diverse DNA samples could exploit the very people scientists want to help By Adrian Pecotic/Undark / Sep 30, 2019
A massive study confirms no one ‘gay gene’ controls sexual preference By Nicole Wetsman / Aug 29, 2019
A tiny Polish village has had nothing but baby girls for a decade—and that’s actually pretty normal By Craig Anderson/The Conversation / Aug 21, 2019
The first paternity tests involved ‘blood vibration.’ They didn’t work. By Nara Milanich / Jun 20, 2019