A woman with life-threatening heart and kidney disease became the second person ever to receive a genetically modified pig kidney and the first person to receive a heart pump and a transplanted organ together
Several marsupial species, including sugar gliders, independently evolved a way to make membranes that allow them to glide through the air
Long confined to regions with volcanic activity, geothermal promises to become a much more versatile energy source thanks to new technologies
Dodgy studies and fantastic claims have long powered a belief in devious Russian brain weapons, from mind control to microwave devices
The molecule that gives cannabis its citrusy smell can make THC less anxiety-inducing
After years of delay, researchers are ready to inject carbon dioxide into jungle plots.
The incentives in science don’t always encourage openness—but being wrong might just be the key to getting it right.
California has hit record-breaking milestones in renewable electricity generation, showing that wind, water and solar are ready to cover our electricity needs
Ancestors of so-called “soft” corals may have developed bioluminescence in the earliest days of deep-ocean living