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Scientists have successfully transplanted gene-edited insulin-producing cells into a man with type 1 diabetes—allowing him to make some of his own insulin without immunosuppressants....

An oil tanker seized by the U.S. this week reportedly used a technique that scrambled its location, but new advanced visual tracking can help expose such ships’ true coordinates...

The FDA is reportedly considering the addition of high-level warning labels to COVID vaccines, a move that some experts say may cause unfounded concerns over safety...

Moths sometimes drink the tears of other animals, but the behavior has mostly been observed in the tropics. New photographs show only the second observation outside of that area...

Precisely calibrating clocks on Mars is harder than you’d think, because of some extremely esoteric physics...

Journalist Karen Hao unpacks the rise of AI “empires,” their ideological roots, and the hidden environmental and societal costs of OpenAI’s quest for artificial general intelligence....

A report published by the CDC reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children...

The FDA has approved a device that aims to treat depression by sending electric current into a part of the brain known to regulate mood...

New research on strange cycad plants offers a glimpse into the prehistoric origins of pollination...