The National Institutes of Health (NIH) — part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — announced Monday it would be seeking to find and develop human tissue models that do not rely on the use of aborted fetal tissue.
Venezuela native Aldo Amenta used a medical exoskeleton to collect his diploma after a devastating spinal injury.
More than 2,200 signatures of supporters from across the political spectrum are currently affixed to a petition that calls for the federal government to uphold the scientific definition of sex in federal law and policy.
A Falcon 9 rocket transported a bountiful holiday spread from Cape Canaveral to workers aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday.
A fourth woman has come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against celebrity astrophysicist and Cosmos host Neil DeGrasse Tyson, less than a week after three women accused him.
Experts and scientists joined the Heartland Institute’s excursion to Katowice, Poland, this week for the United Nations (U.N.) COP24 conference on climate change.
He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who claimed recently to have successfully edited the genes of twin infants to reject HIV, appears to have gone missing since delivering remarks at a Hong Kong scientific conference, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday.
Researchers have deciphered an inscription on a bronze ring found in Israel 50 years ago suggesting the ring belonged to Pontius Pilate, the Roman procurator in Jerusalem who allegedly ordered the crucifixion of Jesus.
The United Kingdom will create a GPS-like “sovereign” satellite system to rival the European Union’s Galileo programme, Theresa May revealed Friday evening as she met with world leaders in Buenos Aires at the G20 summit.
Rice University launched an investigation this week into one of its professors who claimed he assisted Chinese researcher He Jiankui in creating the world’s first genetically altered babies.
NASA’s successful landing of its InSight spacecraft on Mars marks the start of a two-year exploration mission on the Red Planet.
Several celebrities will join former Vice President Al Gore for a 24-hour broadcast aimed at raising awareness about climate change.
Mars got slightly more crowded on Monday. At 2:56 p.m. ET, NASA confirmed that its InSight spacecraft safely touched down on the Martian surface.
A group of Chinese scientists has announced the first successful creation of babies with human-modified DNA using the CRISPR gene-editing tool.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed the company came extremely close to dying this year following issues with the Model 3 sedan.
A reporter from the New York Times publicly advocated hysteria over climate change on Meet the Press Sunday, saying that panicking is the proper response to global warming.
HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.
Critics of the latest federal climate change assessment, including scientists, have slammed it as “exaggeration” with “false” conclusions.
The federal government has issued a report on climate change that claims that the United States is already suffering from its impact.
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Political discrimination against the nation’s tiny percentage of transgender people is a “worse” threat than political curbs on scientists’ freedoms, says a top-ranked science journal.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is emphasizing safety in preparing this year’s Thanksgiving turkey in the wake of a salmonella outbreak this month concerning raw turkey products that sickened 164 people in 35 states.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Monday the creation of an Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) Task Force to better understand the polio-like mystery illness that continues to spread nationwide, largely affecting children.
The American Medical Association (AMA) will place gender ideology above biological science as it adopts a new policy that affirms the “medical spectrum of gender.”
It is “cruel and unscientific” to define a person’s legal sex by their biology, says a complaint signed by 98 Democratic House legislators.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday laid the foundation stone for the kingdom’s first nuclear research reactor, state media said, as the kingdom seeks to diversify its energy mix.
Lobbyists for the transgender ideology are using more than 50 major companies to oppose President Donald Trump’s plan to preserve the law’s recognition that men and women are equal, different and complementary.
Sick Venezuelan refugees are spreading disease across neighboring countries such as Brazil and Colombia due to the collapse of their own country’s health care system, a report from The Wall Street Journal has detailed.
A painting portraying a man created completely by artificial intelligence sold for $432,000 at auction this week. The painting, titled Portrait of Edmond Belamy, was auctioned at Christie’s auction house, and was estimated to sell for between $7,000 and $10,000 — but
Facebook has censored a pro-life group’s ads because they contain video footage of ultrasounds and photos of babies who survived premature births.
