October 20, 2015 3D printer spits out human embryonic stem cells Imagine if you could take living cells, load them into a printer, and squirt out a 3D tissue that could develop into a kidney or a heart.
October 20, 2015 Google kicks off 2013 Science Fair, seeks projects to change the world The 2013 Google Science Fair -- an online science competition open to students around the globe ages 13 to 18 -- kicked off Wednesday, a search for young geniuses to change the world.
October 20, 2015 Scientist clarifies he's not seeking mom for Neanderthal baby A prominent genetics expert from Harvard Medical School wants to make one thing perfectly clear: He is NOT looking for a woman to bear a Neanderthal baby.
October 20, 2015 Doubling down: four-stranded, 'quadruple helix' DNA discovered 60 years after scientists first described the “double helix” shape of DNA, scientists have found the first quadruple helix -- and it may help prevent cancer's runaway cell proliferation.
October 20, 2015 Lobsters, crabs feel pain, scientists say Shellfish such as crabs, lobsters and shrimp feel pain, suggests a new study that calls into question how food and aquaculture industries treat these animals.
October 20, 2015 Swingin' and clingin': The wild sex lives of barnacles Barnacles have the largest penises, relative to body size, in the animal kingdom, and now some are going into the record books for yet another feat: They can capture sperm directly from water.
October 20, 2015 The kilogram has gained weight The kilogram may need to go on a diet. The international standard, a cylinder-shaped hunk of metal that defines the fundamental unit of mass, has gained weight from surface contamination.
October 20, 2015 Gelatinous menace? Jellyfish on boom-bust cycle worldwide Though some reports suggest jellyfish are taking over the world’s oceans, long-term records of these gelatinous animals fail to show a global increase in jellyfish blooms likely caused by pollution, warming, coastal development and other human influences.
October 20, 2015 Duh! 12 obvious science findings of 2012 For scientists, an answer to a question, or solution to a problem, is not true until proven so. And sometimes that means revealing what mere mortals already knew.
October 20, 2015 Walking catfish, demon bat among 126 new Mekong species Beelzebub's bat, a walking catfish and a frog that sounds like a bird are among 126 species introduced to science in just a year in the incredibly diverse Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia, according to a report released this week by the conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
