From gene therapy restoring hearing to AI-driven discoveries and Martian biosignatures, 2025 delivered science breakthroughs ...

This study presents SynaptoGen, a differentiable extension of connectome models that links gene expression, protein-protein interaction probabilities, synaptic multiplicity, and synaptic weights, and ...

Users can note which content they would like to view more frequently. Instagram is handing users some control in deciding what content they see. The social media giant is allowing users to have a say ...

Humans were isolated in southern Africa for about 100,000 years, which caused them to "fall outside the range of genetic variation" seen in modern-day people, a new genetic study reveals. The finding ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

More than 3 million Americans could lose benefits in the next few years. Just as SNAP benefits were reinstated for millions of Americans following the reopening of the federal government, many are now ...

1 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, China 2 Center of Animal Epidemic ...

Department of Electrical Engineering, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C Shu-Wei Kuo Green Energy and Environment Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology ...

MPN-BP transformation is driven by sequential mutations disrupting genomic stability, with TP53 mutations being strong predictors of progression. TP53 mutations confer a selective growth advantage, ...

In a recent study, scientists discovered a link between autism and evolution. The study showed that layer 2/3 of intratelencephalic excitatory neurons, also known as the outer layers of human brain ...

New research has revealed that an extinct group of ancient humans called Denisovans passed down a crucial genetic inheritance that continues to benefit Indigenous American populations today. The study ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...