Preprints are academic papers that haven't been peer-reviewed yet. When preprints make news, that's often overlooked.

Genome recoding could offer new modes of virus resistance, but the technology raises serious ethical concerns.

On the eve of its 6th polio-free anniversary, India immunizes over 170 million children, despite a lack of roads, reinfection threats, and a periodic mistrust of vaccines.

Inventors often use animals' adaptations to the environment in applications that benefit humans, from sharky swimsuits to hedgehog-inspired helmets.

Strong, stable, and conductive at one atom thick, graphene has amazing potential in a variety of applications. But is hype all the material has?

Will outside-the-womb gestation, increasingly viable for animal embryos, lead to a feminist utopia? Or to something like Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World?

Concentrations of iron manganese nuggets and other metals in the deep seabed have stirred up interest in mining. But at what cost?

Fritz Haber was a chemist who made discoveries that improved global agriculture… but also helped spawn the modern era of chemical warfare.

Lee Smolin speaks on quantum gravity, the nature of time, the role of ethics in science, and the importance of realism.

Conservation efforts have led to increased crocodile populations in areas like the Philippines. It's great news for the crocs. Not so much for the people.