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From Dracula ants to carnivorous toilets, scientists share their favorite evolutionary adaptations.

Will fears of climate change cause Great Britain to loosen its restrictions on genetically edited crops?

As the line between nature and technology blurs, we need new ways to describe how the body works.

This eclectic mix of researchers is exploring off-Earth living in radical new ways.

AR-enhanced face filters are here to stay, and Ines Alpha is working to free them from tired beauty standards.

Forty years after a 1981 report hinted at the coming HIV/AIDS pandemic, we look at how the response to global public health threats has changed.

The fast transmission of bad information is dangerous. A new approach employs “infodemiologists” to fight outbreaks.

Blasting grapevines into space could help the wine industry survive climate change.

Hunger, profits, and Atoms For Peace have driven attempts to alter crops with radiation, chemicals, and genetic manipulation.

Cells we were taught to ignore have been caught on tape doing the unthinkable.

Our perception of time is fluid. Here are ways to optimize your relationship with time.

Mirelle Phillips designs spaces to ease the mind, accelerate healing, and generate awe.

Could a new chemical test that quantifies off flavors transform the chocolate industry?

For the millions of people suffering with daily physical pain, nerve stimulation and gene editing offer new hope beyond addictive opioids.

Tweaking the genes of wild animals could save endangered species and protect humans from disease. What could possibly go wrong?