Science Selections

Gene therapies that turn the body into a designer antibody factory could bypass drawbacks of expensive treatments. By Amanda Keener.

Rapid glacier retreat could put coastlines underwater sooner than anticipated. Written by Richard P. Alley.

Current guidelines for sun exposure are unhealthy and unscientific, controversial new research suggests... By Rowan Jacobsen.

Satellites are tracking weather and movements of ships and air traffic. Arrgh! they might even chase pirates matey! By Sarah Scoles.

Unlike our ape cousins, humans require high levels of physical activity to be healthy. By Herman Pontzer.

How Riot Games' Naomi McArthur keeps the peace in online gaming and how those lessons can extend to real life. By Alexander Gelfand.

A supervolcano may be brewing beneath Chile, with a cold interior that upends ideas about triggers of huge eruptions. By Shannon Hall.

Mathematicians are developing forensics to identify political maps that disenfranchise voters. By Moon Duchin of Tufts University.

The discovery of brain structures that apparently mark time has raised a larger question: What is time, anyway? By Ingfei Chen.

Experimental techniques demonstrate how to strengthen memories when our brains are off-line. By Ken A. Paller & Delphine Oudiette.

The Colonization of Space. Humanity is inching closer to establishing colonies on other worlds. Is it really feasible?

AI makes it possible for anyone to manipulate audio and video. The biggest threat is that we stop trusting anything. By Brooke Borel.

Microrobots fly, walk and jump into the future. By Jennifer Huber.

As more and more women go under the knife in pursuit of curves, it's clear they are paying with their health. By Eva Wiseman.

Caltech researchers are looking for technological solutions to some of the most common causes of blindness or vision impairment.

The best early warnings of a big disaster may appear 180 miles above the ground, a controversial new theory says. By Erik Vance.

We know the microbes in the gut greatly affect health. Could some of them be making a home in our brains? By Kelly Servick.

5G Is Just Around the Corner. It will make 4G phones seem positively quaint. By David Pogue.

Might humans be the only species on the planet to be truly conscious? Decoding the puzzle of human consciousness. By Susan Blackmore.

After a century, insulin is still expensive - Could do-It-Yourselfers change that? By Jenna E. Gallegos & Jean Peccoud.