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RNA editing is the next frontier in gene therapy – here’s what you need to know
The United States Food and Drug Administration has just approved the first-ever clinical trial that uses CRISPR-Cas13 RNA editing. Its aim is to treat an eye disease called wet age-related macular...
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Tiny laboratories that fit in your hand can rapidly identify pathogens using...
When you think of electric fields, you likely think of electricity – the stuff that makes modern life possible by powering everything from household appliances to cellphones. Researchers have been...
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Mandelbrot’s fractals are gorgeous and taught mathematicians how to model the...
At the beginning of my third year at university studying mathematics, I spotted an announcement. A visiting professor from Canada would be giving a mini-course of ten lectures on a subject called...
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Their DNA survives in diverse populations across the world – but who were the...
It started with a finger bone found in a cave in the Altai mountains in Siberia in the late 2000s. Thanks to advances in DNA analysis, this was all that was required for scientists to be able to...
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Minerals in hot springs performed a key chemical reaction for early life on...
One of the biggest scientific mysteries is where life on Earth started. Research has often focused on the role of deep-sea hydrothermal vents – those towering structures on the ocean floor constantly...
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The pink elephant test: what visual imagination says about ability to control...
Tell a man he shouldn’t think of a pink elephant and he can’t get that beast out of his mind! This quote, from Curt Siodmak’s 1974 novel City in the Sky, describes how hard it can be to suppress our...
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New Zealand scientists dissect world's rarest whale
New Zealand scientists on Monday began dissecting a whale considered the rarest in the world, a species so elusive that only seven specimens have ever been documented.The dead spade-toothed whale...
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How giant ‘batteries’ in the Earth could slash your electricity bills
Solar panels and wind turbines give the world bountiful energy — but come with a conundrum. When it’s sunny and windy out, in many places these renewables produce more electricity than is actually...
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Music can change how you feel about the past
Have you ever noticed how a particular song can bring back a flood of memories? Maybe it’s the tune that was playing during your first dance, or the anthem of a memorable road trip. People often think...
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Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts...
Slowly repeating bursts of intense radio waves from space have puzzled astronomers since they were discovered in 2022. In new research, we have for the first time tracked one of these pulsating...
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To map the vibration of the universe, astronomers built a detector the size...
Using the largest gravitational wave detector ever made, we have confirmed earlier reports that the fabric of the universe is constantly vibrating. This background rumble is likely caused by...
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A new model accurately predicts the migration of humpback whales
This year’s humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) season in Australia has almost come to an end. The beloved mammals are on their way to Antarctica for a summer of feeding. Next year from April...
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Seeking a new way of life under the sea - and a world record
by Juan José RodríguezThere are probably easier ways to set a world record, but Rudiger Koch has found his method 11 meters (36 feet) under the sea.He's been living in a submerged capsule off the...
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Why do I get static shocks from everyday objects? Is it my shoes?
Door handles, taps, playground slides, furry pets… Getting zapped by static electricity is a common experience. But the physics that causes the spark is surprisingly intricate.If you’re getting zapped...
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The mystery gene responsible for orange color in cat coats has been found
Orange and tortoiseshell house cats (torties) have long been an enigma for hair coloration in mammals: now, the genetic basis of their distinctive coat color has been unveiled.Orange is an ancient...
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Trump names billionaire private astronaut as next NASA chief
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Jared Isaacman, the online payments billionaire and the first private astronaut to ever perform a spacewalk, as the next head of NASA.The nod...
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India launches European 'artificial eclipse' satellites
India on Thursday successfully launched into space a pair of European satellites that will create artificial solar eclipses to help scientists catch a rare glimpse of the Sun's mysterious...
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Adults grow new brain cells – and these neurons are key to learning by listening
Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Neurons are the cells that govern brain function, and you...
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How quantum black holes explain why we don’t see the end of space and time
Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, general relativity, is famously incomplete. As proven by physics Nobel laureate Roger Penrose, when matter collapses under its own gravitational pull, the result...
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Copenhagen takes on its biggest climate threat -- water
In low-lying Copenhagen where rising sea levels, groundwater and rainfall pose a risk to infrastructure, the Danish capital is trying to adapt and protect urban areas from climate change.And Karens...
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