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
A hand with scissors is cutting through red tape in front of the NIH building.
How Arc Institute is bringing science into the century of biology
Stephen Johnson
A vibrant graphic illustration featuring a large leafy plant with integrated plant sensors, comic-style speech bubbles containing exclamation marks, and a round bubble depicting ants, set against a blue textured background.
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
a tiny replica of a heart being created through 3D bioprinting
3D Printing
Stanford plans to put a 3D-printed human heart in a pig by 2028
Kristin Houser
Two chickens facing one another. The one on the right has been genetically modified to protect against avian flu.
CRISPR
CRISPR protects 9 out of 10 chickens from bird flu
Kristin Houser
A person is holding a spoon in a pot with steam coming out of it.
Physics
How a scientist looking to prove his food wasn’t fresh discovered radioactive tracers and won a Nobel Prize
Sean Liddick and Katharina Domnanich and Artemis Spyrou
an illustration of the unmodified and modified AsCas12f enzymes
CRISPR
New CRISPR system is 66% smaller but just as powerful
Kristin Houser
An aerial view of a circle of huts in the forest.
Sustainability
Study: ancient technique holds thousands of tons of carbon, sequestered over centuries
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
An image of a Caribbean box jellyfish.
Animals
Jellyfish surprise scientists by learning without a brain
Kevin Dickinson
Two scientists in lab coats conducting research
CRISPR
New CRISPR tool has an “on/off” switch
Kristin Houser
Two photos of thylacines and a dingo.
CRISPR
CRISPR is helping “de-extinct” the Tasmanian tiger
Kristin Houser
A water-saving cliff.
Climate Crisis
What Arizona and other drought-ridden states can learn from Israel’s pioneering water strategy
Sharon B. Megdal and Clive Lipchin and Gabriel Eckstein
A series of images showing different parts of the human body including human organs.
Biology
Scientists grow “human-ish” organs in pigs for the first time
Kristin Houser