Two young girls are both doing well more than a year after being treated with gene-edited cells. Clinical trials of the therapy are now getting started
Our best theory said meteorites brought water to Earth 4.5 billion years ago, now it seems they struck far earlier, while our planets core was still forming
For the first time mouse pancreases have developed in rats, with islet cells used to cure mouse diabetes. This raises hopes we could grow human organs in pigs
Our best theory said meteorites brought water to Earth 4.5 billion years ago, now it seems they struck far earlier, while our planets core was still forming
Colonies of bacteria called biofilms live longer in Mars-like waters especially if they were dried out first, as they would be after hitching a ride through space
A previously unknown Caribbean crab has been seen its just a few millimetres long, sports bright red and white stripes, and has a large scoop-like claw
Astronomer Chris Leigh campaigned for the UK to leave the EU. With a hard Brexit likely, he sets out his vision for preserving British-European research ties
Paler, softer rock is the best target if we want to knock incoming asteroids off course, suggests a study of the Chelyabinsk meteor that blew up over Russia
Girls who begin menstruating before their 12th birthday may be more likely to hit the menopause before age 40, and find it more difficult to have children
Its Russian dolls of natures manipulators: a wasp that fools oak trees to make it a crypt to live in is in turn made to drill a route out of the crypt by another wasp
Physicists have long puzzled over whether black holes destroy information or conserve it now a proposed lab experiment could use a plasma wave to find out
A small study has found that injections of a hormone called kisspeptin can enhance the response of young mens brains to sexual or romantic pictures of couples
After a near-death experience, people often describe floating out of their bodies. Recreating the sensation with VR can make people less anxious about dying