It's the stuff of gothic horror novels: growing a brain in a laboratory. The human brain is evolution's most complex creation--86 billion neurons wired together. Studying it has always been neuroscience's greatest challenge. Animal models provide insights, but mouse brains aren't human

The United Nations made reducing carbon emissions a global priority thirty years ago. In 1992, 154 nations at the first UN Earth Summit agreed: the key to curbing catastrophic global warming was reducing CO2 emissions. At the time carbon in the atmosphere was around 360 parts per million (ppm). Since

In July of this year, the EPA under President Trump assured the public that "chemtrails" are not real. Those white streams of clouds from airplanes are just that: clouds. They form when hot, moist aircraft exhaust freezes into ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. Despite several states enacting

A night with no insects sounds pretty good. The idea of sitting out with your drink of choice under the stars with no buzzing mosquitos, no chirping crickets, no random beetles flying on you, no deadly wasps or bees -- just calm silence. Bring it on. It's a

In 2013, emergency responders in the U.S. became aware of a powerful drug on the market that was gaining popularity over heroin. Because, from a user’s perspective, it was much better. It was fifty times stronger. Once it became widely available on the street, there was no stopping

In 1997, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recorded a strange sound deep in the South Pacific. NOAA officials knew it was some kind of animal, because the sound started at ultra low frequencies and rose in pitch. Ice breaking or underground quakes don't have

Scientists at Scripps Research Institute just made a major leap toward synthetically enhanced humans. A large portion of medical breakthroughs involve proteins. Life saving medicine like insulin, antibodies that target cancer, and enzymes that correct genetic defects, are all proteins. But there's been a significant limitation to these

According to the 2025 U.S. Intelligent Threat Assessment, the next terror attack won't involve highjacking a plane. It'll be invading our DNA. The 2025 Report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence confirms that Russia and North Korea possess active offensive biological weapons

We keep hearing melting ice is causing sea levels to rise. Don't worry -- this isn't another post convincing you it's happening. But the idea makes sense: if ice melts, the water's got to go somewhere. The scary thing about global ice

The COVID experience was a painful reminder pandemics can actually happen.  Live in a modern, healthy society long enough, it can seem like we're immune, like pandemics are historical artifacts. We live in the future. We don't have flying cars yet, but at least we'