Astronomers can use telescopes to find specific molecules in the atmospheres of neighboring planets, in nebulae—clouds of interstellar dust and gas—hundreds or thousands of light-years away, or in galaxies...

Researchers have developed a soft robot that moves like an elephant’s trunk—precise enough to pick fresh fruit, yet powerful enough to help lift a patient. Lucia Beccai, an expert in soft robotics at the...

by: Estefania Gatton A Song of LUCA and the Genetic Web Before the first eye opened to the Ancient Sun, there was a whisper. Somewhere in the dark vents  of a young ocean, a single spark took hold. We...