Nanotech particles expanded mice’s sense of sight. But would they work in humans?
A doomsday fungus known as Bd has condemned more species to extinction than any other pathogen.
The spider Hyptiotes reinvented the concept of the web, building an extraordinary, spring-loaded trap.
A new story collection from Kim Young-ha complicates the trope of the relatable murderer and, in the process, puts the reader in a quandary.
A very strange hybrid whale was the offspring of a narwhal mother and a beluga father.
Researchers studying the cat-poop parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, made a breakthrough that will spare a lot of felines from research.
Lab-grown glands can now produce realistic cocktails of toxins, which could help address one of the world’s biggest and most neglected health crises.
SCOTT CORBETT is on the staff of the Moses Brown School in Providence,Rhode Island, He is Ihe author of many books and articles.
Getting vaccines to gay and bisexual men is an urgent matter.
The reintroduction of this endangered species would help restore ecosystems—but potentially to the detriment of local tribes.