At universities and startups around the globe, researchers are searching for microbes that could be used as food.

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P eter Hotez has made every effort to stay up to date with Covid-19 vaccines, starting with the initial two doses and ...

NASA has plans to launch the first deep space station for humans to live long-term. Is it a necessary step to Mars?

As houses continued to burn in Los Angeles, officials had already started talking about rebuilding the city. “We’re going to ...

Around a decade ago, a patient in the Netherlands went to his doctor with a request for euthanasia. He was in his 40s, suffering from depression and psychosis, and haunted by feelings of despair, ...

The New Yorker ran a cartoon in 1989 of a guru sitting cross-legged on a large pillow while men in suits stand in line, waiting to meet him. One businessman is turned to another and appears to be ...