Every organ in our body contains a small number of adult stem cells that are specific to its niche. These cells act like a ...

At UChicago, she now works under Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell on a new method to improve cancer therapy. Using genetic instructions ...

Scientific American talked with Gabbott and Zalasiewicz, authors of the book Discarded: How Technofossils Will Be Our ...

Sound can induce changes in cells and one team of researchers think this could be an effective way to manipulate their ...

Many of us form highly meaningful connections with our leafy companions – including mourning a plant when it dies.

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At the Atlanta Science Festival in March, Dr. Jaap de Roode discussed his book, "Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes & Other ...

Spillover from the politicization of the COVID pandemic has eroded vaccine confidence, but everyday people can play a role in ...

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Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV ...

Genes affect different aspects of music enjoyment — from the emotional reactions that compositions evoke to the social connection music can foster.

Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world ...