Scientists take first steps to growing human organs in pigs
By MALCOLM RITTER Scientists have grown human cells inside pig embryos, a very early step toward the goal of growing livers and other human organs in animals to transplant into…
Biology
Japan’s Ohsumi wins Nobel for studies of cell ‘self-eating’
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the degrading and recycling of cellular components. The Karolinska Institute honored Ohsumi…
China begins operating world’s largest radio telescope
By GILLIAN WONG The world’s largest radio telescope began searching for signals from stars and galaxies and, perhaps, extraterrestrial life Sunday in a project demonstrating China’s rising ambitions in space…
Obama plans to create world’s largest marine protected area
By KEVIN FREKING President Barack Obama will expand a national monument off the coast of Hawaii, creating a safe zone for tuna, sea turtles and thousands of other species in…
South America hacker team targets dissidents, journalists
By FRANK BAJAK A shadowy cyber-espionage group that sent malware to the prosecutor whose mysterious death transfixed Argentina early this year has been hitting targets in left-leaning nations across South…
Far below South Dakota, a cave holds pure, promising water
By KEVIN BURBACH Hundreds of feet beneath the Black Hills, a team of scientists and researchers snake through dark, narrow and silent corridors of ancient rock to reach their goal:…
Vilsack: Smart phones could tell consumers what’s in food
By MARY CLARE JALONICK In the ever-complicated debate over labeling of genetically modified foods, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he has an idea: use your smart phone. Vilsack told members…
New flasher wrasse species discovered in Indonesia
This photo taken on July 28, 2013, released by the Conservation International, shows a new fish of the flasher wrasse species, in Indonesia. A new fish of the flasher wrasse…