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Women May Have an Alternative to Freezing Their Eggs
To stave off what's called "anticipated gamete exhaustion," would-be moms could freeze their ovarian tissue and have it re-implanted it later.
Sophisticated Tools Lead to Breakthroughs in Prenatal Surgery
Modified instruments have led to fewer preterm deliveries and C-sections for mothers, and these surgeries have helped improve survival rates for infants.
The Science Behind Antiaging Methods
As researchers begin to understand how aging works at a molecular level, there’s a glint of promise—and oodles of hype—in new life-extension treatments.
How Kids Can Use 'Screen Time' to Their Advantage
Developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik wants us to take a deep breath—and focus on the quality, not quantity, of the time kids use tech.
An Alternative to Burial and Cremation for Corpse Disposal
Alkaline hydrolysis is a clean, green method for dissolving a body into its chemical building blocks; the runny remains just wash down the drain.
What Are Screens Doing to Our Eyes—and Our Ability to See?
Our eyes are hardening; we can barely see our phones any more. We must learn to look at the wider world.
A Baby's Battle for Survival Tests How Far Neonatal Medicine Has Come
Thanks to advances in neonatal care, Baby Boy Green joined a generation of premature babies whose survival would have been unimaginable a generation ago.
Science Is Getting Us Closer to the End of Infertility
In an era of artificial eggs and Crispr, anyone could become a biological parent to the healthiest baby.
How Synthetic Biology Will Help Me Live Forever
Researchers want to synthesize an optimized human genome that can be stored indefinitely and grown decades from now. So I volunteered mine.
How Science Is Solving Health Issues at All Stages of Life
From allergies to Alzheimer's, here are some big ones science and tech are helping to solve.
Telomeres Are the New Cholesterol. Now What?
The caplike segments at the ends of your chromosomes are a sort of aging biomarker. Long, you've got a while. Short, don't buy any green bananas. But what do we do with that information?
You Know Who's Really Addicted to Their Phones? The Olds.
Millennials have gotten a bad rap. Graying Gen Xers are the ones who can't get their faces out of their screens.
The Testosterone Myth
Big T conquered the imagination of millions of men looking for renewed vigor. libido, and cognition. But scientific evidence that the hormone can actually conquer the ravages of age is scant.
Watch Astronauts Answer Your Burning Questions About Space
We've assembled seven astronauts to prove just how smart and cool they are by answering the top 50 Googled questions about space.
Ski Resorts Fight Climate Change With Snow Guns and Buses
"We are going to have to be appreciative of what we get.”
The Cambridge Analytica Data Apocalypse Was Predicted in 2007
The scientists warned us about big data and corporate surveillance. They tried to warn *themselves*.
Space Photos of the Week: You Can't Clean Up Space, It's Too Messier
These strange collection of stars aren’t galaxies, but random groups of hundreds of millions of stars.
In Search of God’s Mathematical Perfect Proofs
The mathematicians Günter Ziegler and Martin Aigner have spent the past 20 years collecting some of the most beautiful proofs in mathematics.
Spending Bill Gives Green Energy Its R&D Budget—But That's Not All It Needs
Trump stands for coal. Congress doesn't.
How Much Energy Can You Store in a Rubber Band?
On a scale from "light thwack" to "geez, watch it with that thing!"
