Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a live-imaging system, Phollow, that tracks individual ...

Yeast is already a familiar ingredient to bakers and winemakers, but new research from the University of Georgia suggests it ...

Tech entrepreneur Lucy Guo has officially dethroned Taylor Swift to become the youngest self-made woman billionaire at only ...

A genomic study of gut microbes during antibiotic use finds selective sweeps in a DNA gyrase gene that drive resistance.

Finland's first giant virus, Jyvaskylavirus, shows these viruses are more widespread than thought and play key roles in ...

Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where she started as an intern in 2009 after receiving a master’s degree from Indiana University in April 2009 studying the mating behavior of seahorses.

In July 2024, a teenager from India survived a rare disease caused by a brain-eating amoeba. The amoeba, called Naegleria fowleri, causes Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), which has a ...

The potent chemical compound comes from a “bitter bracket” mushroom and has helped shine a light on how humans detect and react to such strong bitterness. Researchers at the Leibniz Institute ...

Whether you're filling a prescription, rebooking a flight, or asking a question about your taxes, it seems like the first line of defense between you and any sort of real human helper is a never ...

We knew it was coming and now it is here: AI-powered spear phishing now outperforms elite human-generated spear phishing, with the real inflection point occurring in early 2025. If we add AI’s ability ...

“I was built to protect and obey humans,” Alexander Skarsgård’s robot character explains in the trailer for Apple TV+’s new series Murderbot. “And humans are idiots.” So begins the rebellion of the ...