How genetics and IVF empowered one researcher's family to leave cancer behind.

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Reports suggest that between 40 and 60 percent of the population died during the bubonic plague that swept through Europe in the mid-1300s. What accounts for this wide range of estimates?

In 2024, the pharmaceutical company Gilead announced that a single injection of lenacapavir protected 96 to 100 percent of recipients from HIV for up to six months. This article explains how they made it, how much it costs, and how we can help ensure it reaches those who need it most.

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A new AI model for biology, released today by Arc Institute and NVIDIA, can predict which mutations within a gene are likely to be harmful and even design small, eukaryotic genomes.

Connectomics — a technique that maps physical connections between neural cells — is expensive and inefficient. E11 Bio, a non-profit research group, is designing a tool to expedite progress.

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A 2020 study suggests that monkeys can develop Parkinson’s, just like humans. Why haven't the findings been duplicated, and what will it take to find more “natural” animal models?

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A brief history of how our built environments have been shaped by everything from flues and humble windows to cutting-edge HVAC systems.

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An interview with Larissa Schiavo, author of "The Battle for Better Air." We talk about Schiavo's interest in medieval architecture, miasma theory, and far-UVC.

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The Central Dogma is not a "dogma," and it has never been broken.

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What happens when an AI designs the chips needed to make its successors? Science fiction by Richard Ngo.

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