A Big Year for Biotech: Bugs as Drugs, Precision Gene Editing, and Fake Food
Speculations around whether biotech stocks are in a bubble remain undecided for the second year in a row. But one thing stands as indisputable—the …
In Warm, Greasy Puddles, The Spark Of Life? | Quanta Magazine
The biologist David Deamer proposes that life evolved from a collection of interacting molecules, probably in a pool in the shadow of a volcano. …
Failure Is Moving Science Forward | FiveThirtyEight
 While I paced around the green room at a recent TEDx event in Colorado, one of the other speakers offered the rest of …
The Water in Your Glass Might Be Older Than the Sun – The New York Times
The same liquid we drink and that fills the oceans may be millions of years older than the solar system itself. Earth is old. …
Video: These fungal spores ‘talk’ to each other to find partners | Science | AAAS
Reproductive cells cooperate with genetically similar types, but ignore others By Emily BensonApr. 14, …
Cosmic Speed Measurement Suggests Dark Energy Mystery – Scientific American
A new measurement of how fast space is expanding disagrees with estimates based on the early universe, potentially pointing toward a break from the …
Devastating New Evidence of How Early Native Americans Were Brought to Extinction by Europeans | Big Think
A new DNA study of ancient mummies shows the complete extinction of first Americans after the arrival of Europeans and provides support for the …
Here’s Richard Feynman’s simple technique for sorting science from pseudoscience – ScienceAlert
50 years later, and more relevant than ever. FIONA MACDONALD 14 APR 2016 In this fast-paced world of social media news, it can …
They Built the Single-Atom Engine And It Actually Works
Physicists have just built the smallest working engine ever created. It’s a heat-powered motor barely larger than the single atom it runs on. Designed …
Scientists Unveil New ‘Tree of Life’ – The New York Times
Most of the diversity outlined on the new tree has been hiding in plain sight. CARL ZIMMERAPRIL 11, 2016 A team of scientists …
Conditions for life may hinge on how fast the universe is expanding | Science | AAAS
Cosmological constant helps clear out dense cosmic “neighborhoods” By Ilima LoomisFeb. 29, 2016 , 2:15 PM Scientists have known for several years now that …
It’s possible that there is a “mirror universe” where time moves backwards, say scientists – Quartz
Although we experience time in one direction—we all get older, we have records of the past but not the future—there’s nothing in the laws …