A unifying quality of the previous films in the Alien franchise is that they all focus on a “final girl,” a common hallmark of horror cinema. While Wendy might technically qualify for this description ...

In High on Life 2, you are presented with a choice: press a Red Button to get free money, but someone random in the world ...

From its earliest days, Star Trek was never just about starships and strange new worlds. Beneath the optimism of a better future and adventure was a recurring anxiety about power—specifically, what ...

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a revolutionary gene-editing method using bacterial retrons that can correct multiple disease-causing mutations at once. Unlike ...

A person’s genes play a far greater role in likely lifespan than previously thought, according to a major new study published Thursday in the journal Science. Using data from human twin studies, an ...

What if a cup of coffee could help treat cancer? Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Institute of Biosciences and Technology believe it's possible. By combining caffeine with the use of CRISPR—a ...

In 2018, a nervous-looking He Jiankui took the stage at a scientific conference in Hong Kong. A hush settled over the packed auditorium as the soft-spoken Chinese scientist adjusted his microphone and ...

Octopuses break so many biological expectations that scientists still struggle to explain how they ended up this way through normal evolution. From how their brains work to how their bodies heal, ...

A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England. McCaw told The Times of London that politicians and ...

There is no cure for the rare disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), but researchers from Drexel University’s College of Medicine and the UMass Chan Medical School have achieved ...

Revolutions in gene therapy are rapidly changing the landscape of modern medicine. Revolutions in gene therapy are rapidly changing the landscape of modern medicine, forcing society and science alike ...