The program, known as ARIA, will be independent and scientist-led.

Wolpert, who conducted research at University College London, was known for his work on morphogenesis and pattern development in embryos and for his multiple books and broadcast appearances.

B.1.525 shares a mutation with the B.1.351 variant first detected in South Africa that seems to allow the virus to dodge the immune system.

By analyzing how fin whale calls bounce off the seafloor, scientists can recreate ocean crust layers.

Directing an object on a screen to a target provided a tasty reward.

Using CRISPR to swap an archaic variant of the NOVA1 gene into human stem cells, researchers create organoids with neurodevelopmental differences from those carrying modern DNA.

The woman may have had a link to another person, who was married to an Ebola survivor and who died a few days previously in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Listen to a musicologist blow through the oldest known shell horn.

Preliminary results from an Israel-based study suggest that one dose of the vaccine reduces infectiousness—a key factor in slowing virus spread.