Science

Why happiness is not the best indicator of well-being

Achieving values and pursuing growth is the real secret to a fulfilled life.

Jason Crawford

How Arc Institute is bringing science into the century of biology

Stephen Johnson

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Agriculture

Plant sensors could act as an early warning system for farmers

Using sensors made from carbon nanotubes, researchers discovered signals that help plants respond to stresses like heat, light, or attack.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

Animals

The first ever honey bee vaccine has arrived

The USDA has conditionally approved a honey bee vaccine to protect the important insects from American foulbrood, a brutal bacterial infection.

B. David Zarley

Aging

A single injection of gene therapy made old mice live 7% longer

Biotech startup Rejuvenate Bio says it has extended the lives of elderly mice by 7% using a technique called “partial reprogramming.”

Kristin Houser

Physics

Not just light: Everything is a wave, including you

In the 1920s, the wave-particle duality of light was extended to include all material objects, from electrons to you.

Marcelo Gleiser

Ecosystems

Rewilding: letting nature do its own thing

Rewilding organisations in Europe are reintroducing lost species including the Eurasian lynx and Marsican brown bear.

Victoria Masterson

Biology

Mega bacteria that can be seen with naked eye shakes up the field of microbiology

A newly discovered species of bacteria is so large that it can be seen with the naked eye. It also contains a DNA-containing nucleus.

Peter Rogers

Food

World’s biggest cultivated meat factory is being built in the US

Israeli startup Believer Meats is building the world’s biggest cultivated meat factory in Wilson, North Carolina.

Kristin Houser

Animals

Stem cell breakthrough could save the northern white rhino

To save the northern white rhino species from extinction, researchers are turning stored rhino tissue samples into sperm and egg cells.

Kristin Houser

Clean Energy

Here’s what that fusion power breakthrough really means

This year, NIF reports that it has achieved "ignition" — that is, it has achieved slightly more fusion energy output than laser energy input.

Tom Hartsfield

Biology

Startup unveils $179 houseplant engineered to purify your air

Neoplants' $179 genetically engineered houseplant pulls VOCs from the air 30 times more efficiently than plants found in nature.

Kristin Houser

Food

Bacteria breakthrough could create brand new cheese flavors

A new set of experiments has shown for the first time how the unique flavors of different cheeses can be linked to specific types of bacteria.

Sam Jarman

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