Technology

A massive, intense heat wave is settling over the continental US. The ravages of the Covid pandemic are going to make it all the more...

If NASA's Perseverance rover finds life on the Red Planet, there's a good chance our first extraterrestrial encounter will be a little...

A new tracker from Harvard’s GenderSci Lab is the first to consolidate sex-separated data from across the US. It may help researchers...

Three months ago, the epidemiologist weighed in on what we must do to defeat this new threat. We went back to ask: How are we doing,...

Confused? Surprised? Wondering where the good parts are? Here are a few tips on reading scientific papers to help those of us following...

Robots and computer programs can help with social distancing and food delivery, but have been less helpful in developing a vaccine.

As vice president, he looked for big policy answers to hard global problems. Now he says all our crises are speeding us toward real...

Tessera Therapeutics is developing a new class of gene editors capable of precisely plugging in long stretches of DNA—something that...

Tessera Therapeutics is developing a new class of gene editors capable of precisely plugging in long stretches of DNA—something that...

As pro leagues return to stadiums, here are a few novel technologies people are exploring as ways to keep fans and players safe.