Countries around the globe are launching successful missions. The question is whether they will compete or collaborate

Chinese scientist He Jiankui claims to have used “CRISPR technology” to such an end. We can only hope for the health of the two children

Autonomous vehicles force us to confront profound philosophical questions 

Robert Plomin's Blueprint argues—correctly—that genes have a profound effect on human traits from intelligence to mental health. But what happens in our lives matters, too

Sperm counts have been decreasing for decades. Nobody seems to know why it’s happening, and not much is being done to find out, but we could be facing a public health disaster

Italian astronomers have detected a shallow body of liquid water beneath the planet’s South Polar ice cap

Physics has lost its way argues a prominent German scientist

With only two living females, the Northern white rhino is functionally extinct. Now, scientists are attempting to use assisted reproductive technology to save it

There’s a taste of the sublime in the photograph of this extrasolar world

New calculations shed light on one of science’s great puzzles