Category: 7. Science

Snakebite envenoming is one of the most neglected yet deadly health crises in the world, claiming up to 150,000 lives each year and leaving many survivors with permanent injuries. The World Health Organization recognises it as a major tropical…

On the evening of 5 November, the UAE will be treated to a rare celestial spectacle as the Beaver Moon reaches its fullest and closest point…

It seems Halloween had a visitor from beyond our solar system. Astronomers at Arizona’s Lowell Observatory managed to snap what’s believed to be the first optical image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS after its fiery swing around the Sun —…

An international team of researchers has used genetic engineering to create the first ever “product-ready” antivenom for snakes such as cobras and mambas.

The groundbreaking research is published in Nature by a team led by…

Similar to the way NASA’s effort to launch humans into space once triggered a frenzy of technological advances in areas like energy production and materials science, Colossal bills its de-extinction work as a starting point for waves of…

How do stem cells know what to become?

Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, researchers are still working hard to understand precisely how a single, undifferentiated cell can become…

A judge in New York rejected a request on 23 September to disqualify the use of cutting-edge DNA sequencing as evidence in a case against an alleged serial killer. The ruling paves the way for a type of DNA analysis known as whole-genome…

Two-thirds of freshwater species today rely on a specialized middle ear…