CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna on the evolution of gene-editing technology, her own path, and what it takes to be a good scientist.

In the new movie “Whalefall,” a scuba diver has a very bad day in the guts of a sperm whale. Could it actually happen?

A free-floating seaweed called sargassum is exploding in the Atlantic Ocean, clogging up coastlines from West Africa to the ...

A new mRNA flu vaccine promises a closer match to circulating flu strains. But dysfunction at federal health agencies is ...

Why do some breakthroughs go dormant—and then wake up? Artist David Byrne writes about these sleeping beauties in his new book.

A linguist weighs in on how "politician speak" has changed over the past century, and what it says about what we want from ...

NASA/JPL-Caltech In late September 2026, NASA announced that a new telescope called PRIMA was getting a green light and ...

An estimated 2 billion tons of dust are lofted into the air each year, affecting ecosystems, the atmosphere, and the weather.

For Ada Lovelace Day, our 2018 story about the women who made the internet, with the author of "Broad Band" and the founder ...

Cephalopods have a reputation for being smart and majestic. And while that may be true, the life of a cephalopod can also be dark and gritty. Have you heard of octopus death spirals? How about ...

The latest on commercial space stations, Japan's mission to bring a sample from a Martian moon, and space-based weapons.

In 2013, Frances Halzen spoke with Ira about the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. This week, Halzen won the Nobel Prize.