Uncategorized

  1. Genetics

    50 years ago, chimeras gave a glimpse of gene editing’s future

    Advances in gene editing technology have led to the first successful transplant of a pig kidney into a human.

    By Abby Wallace

  2. Science and the challenges of evidence-based forensics

    By Nancy Shute

  3. Readers discuss accessible images in print and potassium’s climate potential

    By Science News Staff
  4. Health & Medicine

    Bird flu can infect cats. What does that mean for their people?

    Pet owners can take precautions to avoid H5N1, such as keeping cats indoors and making sure they don’t eat raw meat or milk.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Life

    The largest known genome belongs to a tiny fern

    Though 'Tmesipteris oblanceolata' is just 15 centimeters long, its genome dwarfs humans’ by more than 50 times.