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Science can be beautiful and amazing. It can also be slimy, weird, and just plain gross - like legless amphibians who eat their mothers’ skin, or cocaine…

Intelligence, compassion, consciousness. These are some of the most fundamental aspects of what it means to be human. Yet, biologists struggle to settle…

Three big scientific non-profits in Woods Hole have hired new presidents in the last year, marking a major moment of change for this science and…

In just a few decades, we’ve gone from hunting whales to protecting them. But many are still endangered, and they face a barrage of potential threats.…

"Cystic fibrosis" and "half-Ironman" are not phrases you usually hear in a sentence together, unless you're talking with Ann Mulligan. Mulligan has had a…

There has been a growing recognition in recent years that patients near the end of life need a different kind of care – treatment that focuses on…

Given how controversial genetically modified corn is, it's no wonder that the prospect of genetically modifying humans pushes a lot of people's buttons.…

Cystic fibrosis is a common genetic disease, relatively speaking. About one in 25 to 30 Caucasians are carriers of a cystic fibrosis mutation. But there…

The cost of extreme weather has increased dramatically in recent years. Hurricane Katrina was the most expensive weather event of past thirty years with a…

Citizen scientists pointed out a comet outside our solar system for the first time using transit photometry, a technique of watching how a star’s light…