Science

Side by side of mouse embryos. The one on the left appears to be developing normally, but the one on the right has an extra pair of legs.
Genetics
How turning off one gene causes mice to grow 6 legs
A study of embryo development in mice led to the creation of a mutant mouse fetus with an extra pair of legs in place of genitals.
Kristin Houser
a rendering of three massive silver containers with "Ark" written on them
Food
This startup is trying to solve lab-grown meat’s biggest problem
A biotech startup has developed a new kind of bioreactor that could help increase cultivated meat production.
Kristin Houser
A man in a suit stands next to a robotic arm with computer-brain interfaces on a stage under blue lighting.
Big Tech
In a future with brain-computer interfaces like Elon Musk’s Neuralink, we may need to rethink freedom of thought
In a future with more “mind reading,” thanks to computer-brain interfaces, we may need to rethink freedom of thought.
Parker Crutchfield
A person using a syringe to inject something into a petri dish.
CRISPR
New “anti-CRISPR” discovered in viruses
Kristin Houser
A 3d image of a hexagonal mesh on a black background.
Physics
Physicists coax superconductivity and more from quasicrystals
Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory | MIT News
A person holding a test tube with oil in it.
Food
Why this startup is creating edible oil from sawdust
Kevin Dickinson
A painting of a woman in blue and black.
Physics
QBism and the philosophical crisis of quantum mechanics
Adam Frank
a tiny replica of a heart being created through 3D bioprinting
3D Printing
Stanford plans to put a 3D-printed human heart in a pig by 2028
Kristin Houser
Two chickens facing one another. The one on the right has been genetically modified to protect against avian flu.
CRISPR
CRISPR protects 9 out of 10 chickens from bird flu
Kristin Houser
A person is holding a spoon in a pot with steam coming out of it.
Physics
How a scientist looking to prove his food wasn’t fresh discovered radioactive tracers and won a Nobel Prize
Sean Liddick and Katharina Domnanich and Artemis Spyrou
an illustration of the unmodified and modified AsCas12f enzymes
CRISPR
New CRISPR system is 66% smaller but just as powerful
Kristin Houser
An aerial view of a circle of huts in the forest.
Sustainability
Study: ancient technique holds thousands of tons of carbon, sequestered over centuries
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
An image of a Caribbean box jellyfish.
Animals
Jellyfish surprise scientists by learning without a brain
Kevin Dickinson