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For years, the CRISPR-Cas9 genome technology has been reshaping genetic engineering, a precision tool to transform everything from agriculture to medicine. With its incredible efficiency, this molecular tool has been applied to plants, animals, and . ...

It was race against time as NASA engineers recently raced to fix a thruster problem aboard the vintage Voyager 1 deep space probe. It's hard enough to repair a craft at the edge of the solar system, but this time they faced a potentially deadly ...

We usually associate friendship with human behavior, considering our exclusive domain. And that's a fair assumption, as we don't often find animals boasting cooperative relationships beyond their blood relatives. The only complex "friend-like" ...

We've seen fungi being used to create useful new materials for construction, fire-retardant building insulation, and even 3D-printed batteries.

When picturing a flock of flamingos, we often imagine long pink legs planted in a shallow lake and heads submerged as they filter feed. Though it looks peaceful, there's a lot going on beneath the surface. These birds are manifesting storms of ...

Researchers in the Netherlands have created mechanical structures that strangely shrink - or more precisely, snap inward - instead of stretching outward when pulled.

Life-sized papier-mâché birds are popping up in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park (GTNP) this spring, and they're quite a sight. By this we mean something you certainly wouldn't want to encounter while hiking at night. But there's more to these . ...

A question from a curious kid quickly led a team of scientists down a research rabbit hole - one that has now culminated in fascinating new knowledge about our water-wrinkled fingertips. And there's more to this discovery than a cool piece of trivia.

Back in 2014, we heard about a so-called "fish gun" or "salmon cannon" that safely shot spawning fish up over river-blocking obstacles such as dams. Its successor has since entered use, most recently allowing herring to bypass a spillway for the ...

Everyone's seen Rudolph Zallinger's "The March of Progress" illustration showcasing the evolution of humans: from early primate ape ancestor, Dryopithecus, and progressing toward modern man, Homo sapiens. Evolution is a fascinating phenomenon, but it ...