Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability ...

Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the future of gene editing.

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A study by researchers at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), the Broad Institute, and Yale University has identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human ...

It’s been a big week for aliens in Washington. In a podcast that aired last weekend, former President Obama revealed that he believes in extraterrestrial life. Days later, President Trump declared ...

All life on Earth depends on DNA—but that doesn’t mean life everywhere must follow the same blueprint. Scientists have shown that alternative genetic molecules, including RNA-based life, synthetic ...

The idea of an alien that can mimic a human perfectly is one of the most unsettling scenarios in science fiction. Whether through biology advanced nanotechnology or deep psychological manipulation an ...

It's a big universe out there, and while we're all for exploring it, a specific subgenre of science fiction movies has hinted that it might be a bad idea. Alien invasion movies have come in droves ...

Alien: Earth Episode 5, aka “In Space, No One…” aka “The One Where They Straight Up Remake Alien” is an extremely well crafted episode of television. I feel like that’s important to note in the back ...

An advisory committee of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) … has drafted a set of strict regulations to control the use of a revolutionary, but possibly hazardous, technique for manipulating ...

A genetic technology known as a gene drive could help prevent malaria by spreading genes in wild mosquitoes that stop them transmitting the parasite. Tests in a lab in Tanzania have now confirmed that ...