Science in the media

After a hospital error, two pairs of Colombian identical twins were raised as two pairs of fraternal twins. This is the story of how they found one another — and […]

With people living longer than ever, being able to replace bits of the human body as they wear out has become a new frontier in medicine

At the end of June, millions of Facebook users changed their profile pictures to rainbows to show support for same-sex marriage—rooting themselves in a portraiture tradition that’s long used symbols […]

An outbreak of cholera in Haiti that began in 2010 is still killing people. Why have attempts to get it under control failed?

Tests on physiological markers in nearly 1,000 38-year-olds found that some had biological ages many years older than their birthdates would suggest

Our own oasis of life in the cosmos is blue, but will others be?

El dispositivo ha sido desarrollado por un ‘spin-off’ del MIT y en un chasis plano del tamaño inferior al de la yema de un dedo es capaz de almacenar cientos […]

Scientists have the tools to end the epidemic. They just need better ways to use them.

While life is everywhere on Earth, there is much debate about how it began. Some believe it originated naturally from the chemistry found on our planet as it evolved. Others […]