Scientists have debated for decades whether the human brain sprouts new neurons throughout life. What would it mean if it could — and how much evidence is enough?

Anthropic’s claim its AI agents discovered an unusual pattern in viral DNA similar to what’s seen in the gene-editing tool ...

A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a ...

More than 80% of Earth’s oceans remain unexplored, unobserved, and unmapped. That statistic alone should stop you in your tracks — we know more about the surface of Mars than we do about the deepest ...

The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute partnered with Santa Cruz Works to host a rooftop mixer in late October 2025 that fostered new connections among researchers, local entrepreneurs, investors, and ...

U.S. artificial intelligence startup Anthropic on Wednesday unveiled the first discovery from its molecular biology lab, a previously unknown enzyme system spotted by its Claude model and touted by ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Place Science is joining the worldwide City Nature Challenge, taking place in more than 400 cities, April 24–27, 2026. The global community ...

The history of science and technology is marked by major breakthroughs—the theory of evolution, the splitting of the atom, the development of antibiotics—and a research team including faculty at ...

Now That We Can Do Anything, What Should We Do? In the world of synthetic biology—where scientists and engineers can rewire biological systems to perform remarkable new tasks, like sensing chemicals ...