Star Neuroscientist Tom Insel Leaves the Google-Spawned Verily for … a Startup?
What could be going on at Verily that would lead the former head of the National Institutes of Mental Health…
The Finesse of Flying Cassini Between Saturn’s Rings
It takes spinning reaction wheels and rockets firing for mere seconds to keep the Cassini probe on course in orbit…
All the Trees Will Die, and Then So Will You
A beetle-and-fungus combo is about to wipe out millions of Southern California trees—and that means people’s lives are at stake,…
The House Health Plan Makes Your Genes a Preexisting Condition
When does “preexisting” turn to “existing?” More sophisticated and readily available genetic tests make that area greyer and greyer. The…
Congress Saved the Science Budget—And That’s the Problem
What the government pays for is what the government thinks is important. And the US government is getting that wrong.…
Who Wants Disease-Resistant GM Tomatoes? Probably Not Europe
The regulatory scene in Europe can’t seem to look straight at rules for new kinds of genome editing The post…
What if You Could Grow a Baby in a Bottle?
An artificial womb to help premies makes you wonder where the technology could go next. The post What if You…
What’s Inside the Badass Backpack That’s Saving Lives in South Sudan
Blocked from major operations in South Sudan, Doctors Without Borders deploys caregivers with small backpacks full of medicine on the…
You Want Better Beer? Good. Here’s a Better Barley Genome
A new high-resolution sequence of the barley genome could pave the way for better malt. The post You Want Better…
Marching Brought Scientists Together—But What Do They Do Now?
Arguing for political activism may have been what science needed, but it could also make the fights ahead harder to…