A team in the US has reported promising results after using an improved form of CRISPR to gene-edit human embryos, but a ...

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Mark Thomson has taken the reins at CERN just as particle physics confronts some of its deepest unknowns – and faces hard ...

Rachel Carson’s look at the dire effects of industrial and agricultural pollution birthed the modern environmental movement ...

A glacier could have carried the giant sandstone at the centre of Stonehenge southwards from north-east Scotland, but this ...

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Restricting carbohydrates may sound like an unlikely approach to treating anorexia, but following a ketogenic diet was linked ...

Giulia Enders made her name with Gut, an exploration of our intestines. Now, in the compelling follow-up Organ Speak, she’s ...