Inspired by bioluminescent organisms, the DIY biohackers at Grindhouse Wetware have unveiled their latest creation—a magnetically activated,...

Billions of years from now, the universe as we know it will cease to exist. The good news is, that gives us a lot of time to prepare, and ma...

Given the vastness of space, it may only be a matter of time before we make contact with intelligent extraterrestrials. But how might an ali...

In a medical first, a woman has given birth to a healthy baby boy from a transplant of her own frozen ovarian tissue preserved when she was ...

Since the time of Darwin, evolutionary biologists have wondered why the lifespans of different species vary so significantly. A new model no...

The Jane Goodall Institute, in collaboration with other animal welfare groups, has successfully petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic...

We all dream of journeying (or living) among the stars. But space is a spectacularly awful place for humans, and we're not suited for li...

A new study shows racehorses have gotten progressively quicker over the past 160 years, and in sprint races, especially. But given the start...

Several months ago,  the UK approved  a groundbreaking reproductive technique in which babies are created from the genetic material of t...

By editing a single gene, researchers from South Korea and China have engineered pigs that produce about twice the amount of muscle as norma...

Since their inception 60 years ago, satellites have gone on to become an indispensable component of our modern high-tech civilization. But b...

The rules of chess have remained consistent since the early 19th Century, but that doesn't mean our approach to the game has stayed the ...

In the wake of news that scientists in China modified the DNA of human embryos, a number of scientists and bioethicists have called for a gl...

Earlier this month, a change was made to New Zealand's Animal Welfare Amendment Bill stating that animals — like humans — are "sent...

Data scientists from New Zealand are teaching an AI to learn anger. Sounds crazy, but the idea is to help companies deal with common custome...

As reported in Al Jazaeera America: In "The Death of Aging," Fault Lines looks at what happens when for-profit companies set their...

The Great Silence is a vexing problem we all love to speculate and argue about, but it's not the most intuitive concept. This wonderful ...

A company in South China's Guangdong province is building the city's first zero-labor factory. It's an effort to address worker ...

Most patients receiving end-of-life care want to avoid aggressive attempts to prolong their life, but medical culture and practices often co...

The fields of biotechnology and medicine are rapidly evolving, and with them their associated employment opportunities. Here are nine biomed...