A startup out of Utah, Paterna Biosciences, says it has successfully grown functional human sperm in a lab and used the sperm to make visibly healthy-looking embryos. The technique could eventually help men
Cocaine pollution can affect the behavior of fish—altering, for example, the way Atlantic salmon move through their environment, prompting them to swim farther and disperse over a wider area. So finds a recent
Meghan Rosen is a senior writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology with an emphasis in biotechnology from the University of
The 988 Lifeline appears to be making a difference for teens and young adults in crisis. Since 988 replaced the ten digit lifeline in the United States, the suicide mortality of those aged
Climate change could increase hard-to-treat bacterial infections, two studies suggest. Heat boosted antibiotic resistance among bacteria found in artificially warmed grassland soils, researchers report April 22 in Nature. And as drought strips the
New gas projects linked to just 11 data center campuses around the US have the potential to create more greenhouse gases than the country of Morocco emitted in 2024. Emissions estimates from air
When the weather gets muggy, iridescent bees shift their metallic hue. The insects are a rich blue-green when ambient humidity is low. But as the amount of moisture in the air increases, the
Beyond InheritanceRoxanne KhamsiRiverhead Books, $30.00 It’s easy to think of the human body as a single, fully integrated unit. After all, stub your toe all the way at one end of your body,
Invasive corals are getting blown out of the water — with undersea air guns. While corals around the world are dying in vast numbers due to ocean acidification, climate change, overfishing and disease,
The Proof in the CodeKevin HartnettQuanta Books, $30 In 2024, the International Mathematical Olympiad had an unusual entrant. Google Deepmind had set AlphaProof, a newly trained AI program on that year’s competition questions,
