The CRISPR “gene scissors” have become an important basis for genome-editing technologies in many fields, ranging from biology and medicine to agriculture and industry. A team from the Helmholtz ...

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The world feels ordinary until a single detail shifts your perspective. A quiet fact can linger in your thoughts, reshaping ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem ...

This year has seen some amazing advancements in fundamental mathematics. Researchers have made breakthroughs in geometry, topology, chaos theory, and more. And a startling three of our top 10 ...

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Researchers at UConn and the University of Minnesota have discovered that there may be more to the "summer slide" phenomenon ...

Scientists researching primates, called "primatologists," have learned a lot over the years about our closest evolutionary relatives. For example, did you know that chimps have opposable big toes, or ...

It's Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive.