EPFL researchers have developed a light-based method that can produce proteins that switch states, respond to signals, and even compute, using light and the cell cycle.

Harvard University historian Benjamin Wilson's piece in the Bulletin on Hans Bethe and Richard Garwin fails not because his historiography is provocative, but because his understanding of how ...

For decades, astronomers wondered why most nearby galaxies are speeding away from the Milky Way instead of being pulled in by its gravity. New simulations reveal the answer: our galaxy sits in a ...

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As a space scientist, every time I go outside with my family, I tell my children to look up at the sky. The front door of our home looks southeast, and on winter nights the constellation Orion hangs ...

Discover 20 science facts that sound completely fake but are 100% true. These surprising facts will change how you see the ...

Female peacocks, called peahens, are more subdued in colour, with brown, grey, and limited green feathers, which helps them blend in for camouflage. A specific, popular colour inspired by these birds ...

The Nobel laureate Dr C V Raman has reminded generations that steady effort and clear questions trump expensive kit. This piece has explored his life, the context of the remark and its lasting message ...

Explore 15 strange facts about the human body that sound surreal. From glowing skin to acid-proof stomachs, our biology is stranger than fiction.

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