Hannah is an Assistant Editor at The Scientist. She earned her PhD in neuroscience from the University of Washington and completed the Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism in 2020. View Full ...

Infectious disease outbreaks have occurred throughout history and these events may become more frequent in the future. To identify causative pathogens and monitor outbreaks, scientists can employ ...

Created by editing the gray wolf genome, two dire wolves are the subject of vastly-differing opinions on what it means to ...

Humans and mice with a predisposition for ALS displayed altered sleep patterns before symptoms began, offering a potential ...

B acteria, among the oldest of life forms, have lived in seemingly every possible habitat on the planet, from ocean trenches ...

For the first time, scientists have generated a functional neural pathway for sensing pain in a dish. This could help unravel ...

Mindy Weisberger’s book, Rise of the Zombie Bugs, explores the sophisticated—and macabre—relationships between zombifying ...

Karl Koehler builds inner ear and skin organoids from human stem cells to model their development in health and disease.

Transplantation of retinal organoid sheets offers hope to patients afflicted with retinal degenerative diseases.

Neutrophils in urine extrude their DNA to create large webs that catch and kill pathogens.

These forever chemicals accumulate in the environment and the body, resulting in substantial damage. Because of their ...

A light-activated enzyme morphed round starfish egg cells into different shapes. This technology could one day be useful for ...