'The ban assumed the danger was making pigs too human': Why human organs aren't grown in pigs in the US
As a bioethicist and philosopher explains the ethics of using organs grown in animals for human transplant procedures.
As a bioethicist and philosopher explains the ethics of using organs grown in animals for human transplant procedures.
Adult human bodies typically have about 206 bones. But is it possible to have more?
A newly invented cipher may shed light on how the mysterious Voynich manuscript was made in medieval times.
The dino lived during the Late Cretaceous alongside other hadrosaurids in present-day New Mexico.
Does the portable size, creative flexibility and affordability make the Canon EOS R50V a sound option for wildlife watchers and stargazers too?
There are several methods for detecting whether a piece of text was written by AI. They all have limitations – and probably always will.
A 2016 astronaut photo of the Bahamas shows a series of luminous, rippling sandbanks partly carved out by a coral reef. The image also reveals subtle differences in the ocean's surface caused by a ste...
The 1,100-year-old burials of three elite warriors — two of whom were possibly father and son — have been discovered in Hungary.
A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar wind and our planet's magnetic field, upending a 20-year-old theory based o...
A quick beginner's guide to shopping for workout gear, fitness tech and exercise equipment during January's fitness rush.
A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our searc...
An inexplicably hot, fast-growing cluster of galaxies in the early universe has scientists questioning theories of galactic evolution.
In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered an enormous, fast-spinning asteroid that sets a new record.
Researchers have proposed a theoretical timepiece, dubbed the "CRASH Clock," which tells us how quickly satellites would start colliding if they lost the ability to avoid each other, such as during a ...
JWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing new insights after other telescopes looked at the event.