The Fourth of July mostly brings thoughts of cookouts, baseball and fireworks. But of course it’s also a day to think about America and its founding — never more so than this year, when the holiday ...

Scientists have long dreamed of discovering the alchemy by which chemicals can be turned into life. On Wednesday, a team at the University of Minnesota announced that it had taken a major step toward ...

Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuel Researchers claim they are closer to creating life from scratch after building ...

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There's a whole world of shockingly creative YouTube channels out there, but it's not often we come across something as surprising as Atlas Arcade's playable Mario Kart video. Mind you, it's not ...

Scientists at the University of Minnesota say they've made the first synthetic cell that can complete a life cycle, a major breakthrough that could lead to innovation in the medicine and engineering ...

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The families of eight school shooting victims opened their doors to Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp, allowing them to document their children's bedrooms, just as they left them. Each room ...

For technology companies navigating the increasingly hostile terrain of software utility patent protection and Section 101 rejections, design patents have quietly ...

Chicago, for example, shows how persistent segregation can be, even for a city with a diverse population. The South and West sides of Chicago are starkly African American, while other areas remain ...