Science & Space

High-tech antidotes for snake bites

Genetic engineering and AI are powering the search for antivenins

Can you breathe stress away?

It won’t hurt to try. But scientists are only beginning to understand the links ...

America’s departure from the WHO would harm everyone

Whether it is a negotiating ploy remains to be seen

Genetic engineering could help rid Australia of toxic c...

It is better than freezing them to death

Should you worry about microplastics?

Little is known about the effects on humans—but limiting exposure to them seems ...

Wasps stole genes from viruses

That probably assisted their evolutionary diversification

Heritable Agriculture, a Google spinout, is bringing AI...

By reducing the cost of breeding, the firm hopes to improve yields and other pro...

Could supersonic air travel make a comeback?

Boom Supersonic’s demonstrator jet exceeds Mach 1

Why carbon monoxide could appeal to the discerning doper

Professional cycling is debating whether to ban the poisonous gas

A sophisticated civilisation once flourished in the Ama...

How the Casarabe died out remains a mystery

Fighting the war in Ukraine on the electromagnetic spec...

Drone operators and jammers are in a high-tech arms race

Are ice baths good for you?

They won’t hurt. Actually they might, a bit

Cryptocurrencies are spawning a new generation of priva...

Their tools are software, and a nose for trouble

Fine-tuned acoustic waves can knock drones out of the sky

The right sounds can also disable their cameras

Black holes could 'bend it like Beckham' to reveal hidd...

Black holes and soccer balls don't have much in common, but if black holes are c...

Scientists say 2 asteroids may actually be fragments of...

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potent...

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