Around 200 million animals are used in lab research around the world each year. Organoids may one day replace them.

Now everyone is a biohacker—or at least anyone can be. Few experimental drugs have become as popular as peptides—a class of ...

What would you do if you woke up on a spaceship light-years from Earth without knowing why you’re there? Project Hail Mary opens in theaters March 20. Ahead of the film’s release, Astronomy spoke with ...

New research shows many people vastly underestimate other people's beliefs in extraterrestrial life. Is social stigma keeping ...

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them are perpetually at war. Their deadly clashes push both kinds of microbes to evolve ...

The natural and the social world shaped the evolution of each. Knowing whom to invite to dinner is as important as knowing ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution rewired ...

Imagine standing at the laboratory bench, working on an experiment, when, as you finish one step, a display on the inside of your lab goggles tells you what to do next. A small camera in the frame ...

In this study, the researchers note that rather than think of it as a "human versus machine" investigation, the work should instead highlight AI's ability to assist people in creative endeavors. “By ...

Studying how honeybees process information may help humans communicate with aliens, according to a new thought experiment. Although the ancestors of honeybees and humans diverged in evolution more ...

If humans ever receive a message from intelligent aliens, the biggest challenge may not be how far away they are, but how to communicate at all. Our nearest star system is more than four light-years ...