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The country has a plan to overcome the challenges experienced by other nations.

Synthetic DNA seems to behave like the natural variety, suggesting that chemicals beyond nature’s four familiar bases could support life on Earth.

Powerful gene-editing tool could help to diagnose illnesses such as Lassa fever early and rein in the spread of infection.

A planned $35-million upgrade could enable LIGO to spot one black-hole merger per day by the mid-2020s.

Researchers are struggling to assess the dangers of nondegradable compounds used in clothes, foams and food wrappings.

Bernard Wood explores a claim that our nearest cousins were our cognitive equals — and that birds had a part to play in that.

The first simulations of matter and antimatter particles swirling around a rotating black hole hint at the origins of the enigmatic jets.

Microorganisms in the human gut can affect immune-system cells. Gut bacterial strains have been discovered that boost immune cells that have cell-killing capacity and that can target cancer and protect […]

The surprise discovery of ancient crustaceans and tardigrades emerged from a rare mission to drill into a lake sealed off by a kilometre of ice.