Even the most basic words can be interpreted differently by different people, and we usually believe that most other people think like we do even when almost nobody does.
Take 20 seconds to walk with a starfish. This striking video of a starfish walking along on the surface of an aquarium wall demonstrates how the animal moves using hundreds of tube feet.
The world was shocked with experiments that led to the first children with edited genomes, but the biophysicist behind the science refuses to speak about the work that sent him to jail for three years.
Rather than relying on sunlight, some Antarctic bacteria live on inorganic compounds found in air.
The first regulatory submission for a CRISPR-based therapy has been validated by the European Medicines Agency, to treat sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia.
Humans are on an eternal quest to solve problems, whether you realise it or not (but as a scientist, you probably do!).
In June 2023, four volunteers will spend a year pretending to live on the red planet inside the Mars Dune Alpha habitat.
It’s amazing the things scientists can do with robotics – watch this robot do gymnastics.
