Science

Model human embryo, created from stem cells, survives past two weeks
A model human embryo capable of developing past day 14 could revolutionize our understanding of human development.
How years of fighting every wildfire helped fuel the Western megafires of today
The current approach to fire management poses unnecessarily high stakes for forests. Here’s why fighting every fire does more harm than good.
Record-breaking amount of Earth’s mantle drilled out of ocean floor
Scientists aboard the JOIDES Resolution have retrieved “a staggering” amount of mantle rock from below the ocean floor.
Radioactive diamond batteries keep going and going
Nuclear fusion machine turns on for the first time
Are fecal transplants the fountain of youth?
A microevolution is happening in humans right now
New nuclear fuel could replace uranium in reactors
Babies of the future could be made from skin cells
CRISPR scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry
Scientists can induce out-of-body experiences without drugs
Meet the Mayflower, the robot boat crossing the Atlantic in 2021
Scientists use 40-year-old DNA to clone endangered horse