SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to his former research lab....

Getty ImagesIn February 1953, two men walked into a pub in Cambridge and announced they had found "the secret of life". It was not an idle boast.One was James Watson, an American biologist from the Cavendish laboratory; the...

With global power demand from data centers expected to more than double by 2030, the MIT Energy Initiative...

From growing smaller leaves to shape-shifting its insides, a desert flowering plant goes all in to flourish in the harshest of conditions.Summer temperatures in Death Valley National Park frequently exceed 50° Celsius (122° Fahrenheit). During that peak heat, most...

Hannah says the rugby star's podcast helped with her mental health and inspired her to take up the sport. Source link

Rebecca Curran,BBC Scotland and Ken Banks,North east Scotland reporterGetty ImagesThousands of North Sea oil workers are being told they must lose weight if they are to keep flying offshore - or face losing their jobs.From November next year, industry...

A new delivery particle developed at MIT could make mRNA vaccines more effective and potentially lower the...

Rawlstock/Getty ImagesDr Johnson joined West Suffolk Hospital as a consultant in 2013, before leaving 10 years later following disciplinary proceedings.The panel heard he sent sexual and inappropriate messages to a junior colleague about other colleagues between November 2018 and...

Hidden beneath all their rum-pum-pumming, woodpeckers are quietly grunt-grunt-grunting.The birds exhale with each strike, much like a tennis pro groaning through a stroke. Elaborate coordination between those breaths and muscles across the body keep their hammering at a perfectly...