Democratizing data for a fair digital economy
The digital revolution is here, but not everyone is benefiting equitably from it. And as…
The US is about to reach a surprise milestone: too many vaccines, not enough takers
The US has administered more than 118 million doses of covid-19 vaccines so far, and…
Did the coronavirus leak from a lab? These scientists say we shouldn’t rule it out.
Nikolai Petrovsky was scrolling through social media after a day on the ski slopes when…
A mouse embryo has been grown in an artificial womb—humans could be next
The photographs alone tell a fantastic story—a mouse embryo, complete with beating heart cells, a…
How lightning strikes could explain the origin of life—on Earth and elsewhere
The search for life on other planets is a lot like cooking. (Bear with me…
Facebook is making a bracelet that lets you control computers with your brain
Facebook says it has created a wristband that translates motor signals from your brain so…
Mars’s lost water may be buried beneath the planet’s crust
Billions of years ago, Mars was a warm home to lakes and oceans. That is, until…
Distant jets are giving us clues to how supermassive black holes get so big
At the center of every galaxy is a supermassive black hole—a monster that keeps the…
Scientists plan to drop the 14-day embryo rule, a key limit on stem cell research
In 2016, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz grew human embryos in a lab dish for longer than anyone…
Why is it so hard to build government technology?
It’s been a long, challenging year for government technologies. Some have failed massively, requiring endless…