Science

Why happiness is not the best indicator of well-being

Achieving values and pursuing growth is the real secret to a fulfilled life.

Jason Crawford

How Arc Institute is bringing science into the century of biology

Stephen Johnson

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Agriculture

Plant sensors could act as an early warning system for farmers

Using sensors made from carbon nanotubes, researchers discovered signals that help plants respond to stresses like heat, light, or attack.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

Biology

A microevolution is happening in humans right now

More humans are being born with a third arm artery, an example of microevolution happening right before our eyes.

Kristin Houser

Clean Energy

New nuclear fuel could replace uranium in reactors

Nuclear power could become more accessible thanks to a new nuclear fuel called ANEEL that combines thorium with uranium.

Kristin Houser

Fertility

Babies of the future could be made from skin cells

A potential fertility treatment involves taking skin cells and reverse engineering them into eggs and sperm.

Amanda Winkler

CRISPR

CRISPR scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry

For the first time, the Nobel Prize in chemistry has gone to two women: CRISPR scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna.

Kristin Houser

Drugs

Scientists can induce out-of-body experiences without drugs

The human brain is a powerful and mysterious place, and researchers have just gotten closer to understanding another important phenomenon taking place inside dissociative experiences.

Sarah Wells

Robotics

Meet the Mayflower, the robot boat crossing the Atlantic in 2021

The new Mayflower, set to traverse the Atlantic in 2021, won’t bear any pilgrims. It’s a robot boat, sailing sailor-free.

B. David Zarley

Genetics

Scientists use 40-year-old DNA to clone endangered horse

The first cloned Przewalski’s horse could inject the critically endangered species with a much-need dose of genetic diversity.

Kristin Houser

Underwater robots may be the future of deep sea mining

Tech requires raw material, and some lays at the bottom of the sea. Could underwater robots be the future of deep sea mining?

B. David Zarley

Biology

The world's first living machines

The world's first living robots may one day clean up our oceans.

Amanda Winkler

Genetics

“Extinct” New Guinea singing dog is found again, thanks to genetics

The New Guinea singing dog was considered extinct in the wild. But, new genetic evidence suggests otherwise.

Teresa Carey

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