We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
The personalized CRISPR treatment could be the future of gene therapy, but hurdles remain before everyone has access.
New studies show that astrocytes, long thought to be support cells in the brain, are crucial intermediaries for relaying messages to neurons.
Common bedbugs experienced a dramatic jump in population size about 13,000 years ago, around the time humans congregated in the first cities.
A 47-million-year-old cicada fossil from Germany’s Messel Pit could teach us about the evolution of insect communication.
A new fossil and DNA analysis traces how dozens of sloth species responded to climate shifts and humans. Just two small tree-dwelling sloths remain today.
Penguin poop provides ammonia for cloud formation in coastal Antarctica, potentially helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change in the region.
Over 15 months on Jicarón Island, researchers saw five capuchin juveniles abduct 11 endangered howler monkey infants — all for no clear purpose.
Kanzi showed apes have the capacity for language, but in recent years scientists have questioned the ethics of ape experiments.
The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog contends that curiosity-driven research helps us understand the world and could lead to unexpected benefits.
