Ongoing stem cell research at the University at Buffalo recently resulted in a breakthrough, which could potentially lead to new clinical drugs that reverse cells’ aging process. In a series of experiments with embryonic stem... Read More

On July 2, Jack White, along with his record label Third Man Records, made history by successfully playing the first vinyl record in space—well, near the edge of space, approximately eighteen miles above the Earth.... Read More

Earlier this week, humanists and other reproductive rights advocates experienced a pivotal and much-needed win when the US Supreme Court struck down Texas’s unduly burdensome restrictions on abortion providers and clinics. But there is also... Read More

Last week the National Institutes of Health cleared the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) for its first clinical test of human patients. While the initial test involves editing to... Read More

At a recent meeting of the American Astronomical Society, a team of astronomers announced their discovery of the first chiral molecule outside of our solar system. Their exciting findings, published last week in the journal... Read More

Technology is fascinating. Throughout history it has changed the way we interact with our work, our environment, and even with each other. Social technology connects us through the cell phones in our pockets, the Internet... Read More

When I highlighted some great scientific accomplishments in genetics and macroevolution last year in celebration of Darwin Day, I quoted University of California biologist Francisco Ayala who told Smithsonian Magazine, “Darwin didn’t know 99 percent... Read More