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Macroeconomic headwinds are buffeting the hospitality industry, with cruise shares hit especially hard

They really went there.

Science photographer Felice Frankel answers three questions about the implications of generative AI images when communicating science.

Australian company Cortical Labs launched the world's first commercial biological computer made from human brain cells fused with silicon hardware. As reported in New Atlas, the CL1 uses 800,000 lab-grown…

The House Small Business Committee released its long-awaited report on the SBA's memo of understanding with the Michigan Dept of State over voter registration and alleged partisan electioneering.

Certain strains of E. coli can outcompete disease-causing microbes for resources.

The story of former Amazon worker Karolina Sobczak reveals much about the people who keep our society running – at huge personal cost, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Today, the GUARDIAN study is moving newborn screening to genomic sequencing, potentially detecting hundreds of conditions before symptoms even appear. But can this cutting-edge technology replace traditional newborn screening? And what are the implications for the child, parents, and healthcare systems?

New rolling, hopping robots navigate via fungus

Unless officials take action to develop new medications, drug-resistant infections could kill nearly 2 million people a year in 2050.

The competitive environment of the gut microbiome could be an ideal place to find new drugs that can beat antimicrobial resistance.

The ratchet mechanism is a fascinating energy-conversion system that converts disorderly or random motion into orderly, directed movement through a process known as spontaneous rectification. It is a critical component of mechanical systems, typically consisting of a gear and a pawl, which restricts the movement of the gear in one direction.

Washington U scientists have asked: How can we mimic Alzheimer's progression outside of a patient — in a petri dish — so we can figure out how to stop it?

A 'happy accident' holds clues to combatting increasingly resistant strains.

Vermont has been devastated by flooding not once but twice in the last year, most recently by remnants from Hurricane Beryl, causing significant damage to property, at...

Fresh produce has various needs, including air circulation, that a sealed jar won't provide.

A cure for an ultrarare disease, progeria, could be on the horizon. The disease speeds up aging in children and dramatically shortens their lives. But, until...

CEO of Umbrage Will Womble steps out from behind the curtain to share his leadership story, with tidbits of lessons learned along the way.

With James Patterson and Michael Crichton, two of publishing's most popular authors on the marquee, 'Eruption' is this summer's literary version of a blockbuster action movie.