Feed the network new odors a couple at a time—a stress test for catastrophic forgetting—and Spi-Fly barely blinks, holding ...

The manuscript presents a compelling application of the microfluidic mother machine as a "selection" machine. While individual elements of the work have existed for many years across various research ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Bitcoin developer Chris Guida has dusted off code that could swap the mining algorithm on a breakaway BIP-110 chain if supporters fail to overcome miners’ resistance. With the activation height ...

Many people assume that some memory decline is an inevitable consequence of getting older. But a select group of older adults, known as "SuperAgers," reach their 80s and 90s while retaining memory ...

Scientists have long dreamed of discovering the alchemy by which chemicals can be turned into life. On Wednesday, a team at the University of Minnesota announced that it had taken a major step toward ...

Check out Python’s powerful new linters and profiling tools, and learn how virtual environments can save you time and trouble. Meta’s long-awaited Pyrefly linter is out in a 1.0 version, and the ...

Scientists developed a genetics-first framework to uncover rare diseases that may respond to targeted vitamin therapy. In a mouse model of lethal NAXD deficiency, high-dose vitamin B3 dramatically ...

This is not science fiction. New technology allows parents to screen embryos for traits like high IQ, height and eye color to create “genetically-enhanced” humans—and companies are charging up to ...

The genetic code is central to life. With minor variations, everything uses the same sets of three DNA bases to encode the same 20 amino acids. We have discovered no major exceptions to this, leading ...

Not all parts of our genetic code are equal, even when they appear to say the same thing. Scientists have discovered that cells can detect less efficient genetic instructions and selectively silence ...