Science

Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers

After 20 years, 58 generations and more than 30,000 cloning attempts, a team of researchers has hit the limit on the number of times a single mouse can...

Scientists say NAD+ could slow aging and fight Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

Researchers from the University of Oslo (UiO), Akershus University Hospital (Ahus), and international collaborators have published a new expert review in Nature Aging. The...

Scientists found a rhino in the Arctic and it changes everything

Researchers from the Canadian Museum of Nature have identified a previously unknown species of extinct rhinoceros from the High Arctic. The remarkably well-preserved fossil...

Why AI hasn’t caused a job apocalypse — so far

Similarly, unemployment periods might be expected to become longer for people with jobs that are vulnerable to replacement by AI, such as translators...

Supercomputers just solved a 50-year-old mystery about giant stars

Recent advances in supercomputing have allowed scientists to tackle a long-standing question in astronomy. Researchers have been trying to understand why the chemical makeup...

Drowning in data sets? Here’s how to cut them down to size

Within the next decade, a pair of giant radio telescopes in South Africa and Australia will be able to generate about 700 petabytes...

Insulin pills may soon replace daily injections

For more than 100 years, scientists have pursued the idea of insulin in pill form, often described as a "dream" treatment for diabetes. The...