The coming era of biosecurity will demand a broader and more adaptive approach as AI, powerful biological engineering ...

Retrosynthesis or retrosynthetic analysis (RA) is a strategic organic chemistry approach that scientists use to construct target molecules from easy-to-make or readily available precursors. 2 ...

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Humans have become very good at altering the basic building blocks of life to their advantage. Genetically modified foods are available at most grocery stores. Researchers use gene-editing tools every ...

Tool use was once considered the exclusive domain of humans. While that definition has expanded to include chimps fishing for ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of humans crafting tools from whale bones, dating back roughly 20,000 years. The bones, shaped into narrow projectiles for hunting, were found during ...

Editor’s note: We’ve updated this story with the phrase “unidentified anomalous phenomena,” NASA’s most recent term for unidentified aerial phenomena. When NASA asked Boston University space physicist ...

Long-loathed as itchy household pests, the blood-sucking insects have revealed a darker, more intriguing potential as ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have captured a wild wolf using a crab trap to fish, marking what could be the first documented example of tool use by a wild wolf. The footage was recorded ...

Crows have long fascinated scientists for their unusual problem solving skills and startling intelligence. This video ...

Have you ever found yourself in a museum’s gallery of human origins, staring at a glass case full of rocks labeled “stone tools,” muttering under your breath, “How do they know it’s not just any old ...