Crispr Offers New Hope for Treating Diabetes
Gene-edited pancreatic cells have been transplanted into a patient with type 1 diabetes for the first time. They produced insulin for months without the patient needing to take immunosuppressants.
Your Body Ages Faster Because of Extreme Heat
A study reveals that extreme heat accelerates biological aging even more than smoking or drinking.
SpaceX Starship Finally Pulls Off a Successful Test Flight
After being postponed twice—and after multiple failed attempts—Starship's tenth test flight was a success.
Scientists Just Caught Human Embryo Implantation on Camera
Scientists recorded in 3D and in real time the exact moment a human embryo implanted itself in an artificial uterus, opening new avenues for treating infertility.
The Pandemic Appears to Have Accelerated Brain Aging, Even in People Who Never Got Covid
Stress, isolation, and uncertainty appear to have caused the brain to age quicker for those who lived through the crisis.
South Korea Plans to Build a Base on the Moon
The country’s newly formed space agency wants to establish a lunar base by 2045.
This Chinese Spacecraft Is Traveling to One of Earth’s Quasi-Moons
The Tianwen-2 probe has sent a self-portrait as it heads toward one of the most enigmatic objects in our space neighborhood: the quasi-moon Kamo’oalewa.
Astronomers Have Detected a Galaxy Millions of Years Older Than Any Previously Observed
Researchers estimate that MoM z14 was created 280 million years after the Big Bang, 10 million years earlier than the previous most primitive galaxy recorded.
As Measles Cases Surge, Mexico Issues a US Travel Alert
The border state of Chihuahua has recorded 713 confirmed cases, with its outbreak linked to the ongoing cluster of cases north of the border in Texas.
Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time
The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and Saturn.