The winner of the Google International Science Fair will be decided tonight. You can tune in, starting around 9:30 Eastern, on the Scientific American website.
Google science fair awards tonight
38 scientists want to ban "mirror life"
Mirror life — synthetic organisms built from molecules with reversed chirality, the opposite handedness of every natural protein and DNA strand on Earth — would be essentially invisible to the… READ THE REST
This spider flings ants 30 centimeters into its trap
A newly described spider in North Queensland rainforest hunts exactly one prey species — the green tree ant, an insect so aggressive most predators avoid it — by building a… READ THE REST
A synthetic cell grew, copied its DNA, and split in two
A synthetic cell built from scratch — no living components, just liposomes, DNA, and 36 commercial enzymes standing in for protein synthesis — grew, copied its own DNA, and split… READ THE REST
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Manage projects like a pro with Microsoft Project 2024 for just $49
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