Category: 1. Edi-Choice

Some lucky stargazers could have a double feature of the planet Venus this weekend.

What do you get when you combine chicken embryos, a gene named after a video game character, and a couple of scientists? A brand-new study that’s confirmed a key element in feather evolution, after it temporarily caused developing chicks to…

On Jan. 28, 2024, Noland Arbaugh became the first person to receive a brain chip implant from Neuralink, the neurotechnology company owned by Elon Musk. The implant seemed to work: Arbaugh, who is paralyzed, learned to control a computer mouse…

Microsoft announced last month it had created a “topological qubit,” which the company says can power a quantum computer more reliably than previously developed quantum qubits and which they believe will speed development of ultrafast…

David Orwig tries not to think of changes in the natural world as “better” or “worse.” He just sticks with “different.” And after decades of warming winters, Harvard Forest today is decidedly different.

“Every day, walking…

Superconductors, materials that can transmit electricity without resistance, have fascinated physicists for over a century. First discovered in 1911 by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, who observed the phenomenon in solid mercury cooled…

For biochemists, it’s the which-came-first question: oxygen production by photosynthesis or oxygen consumption by aerobic metabolism?

In photosynthesis, algae and plants take in sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into fuel for…

Electric fish are among the most intriguing specimens in nature’s cabinet of curiosities. They “see” their world and each other by sensing — and generating their own — electric fields. This unique ability provides a key area of…

Bill Gates remembers being “a tough kid.”

“Some teachers wanted to put me ahead in school; some wanted to put me behind,” said the tech pioneer, who has noted in the past that he would likely be diagnosed on the autism spectrum if…

Could a novel approach to genetic studies give us a clearer picture of how evolutionary adaptations occur? That’s what the findings of new research on a common backyard bird, the house finch, imply. A groundbreaking pangenomic study has…