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The controversial claim of CRISPR-made babies is lose-lose-lose for China's scientific institutions: they cannot control rogue scientists, or they ignore ethics, or they are unable to stamp out fraud.

Does your windshield have less bug splatter now than when you were a kid? Some areas of Europe have seen dramatic declines in insect populations, raising questions about global biodiversity.

After enduring a high-tension descent from orbit, the spacecraft will now begin its quest to peel back the profound mysteries of the Red Planet’s interior.

In this essay on careers, Fernando T. Maestre says that a productive lab need not be a negative environment.

The way memories are anchored in the brain plays a role, neuropsychologist Boris Suchan explains. In the bike-riding part, neurogenesis occurs less frequently, suggesting that perhaps encoded memories there are less likely to get erased.

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Science Times section, the New York Times looks at big topics that curiosity demands answers to, such as climate change, artificial intelligence, space travel and human longevity.

According to a new paper in Science, a strain of yeast powered by light-harvesting nanoparticles can brew high-value chemicals from simple and renewable carbon sources.

"Some scientists say that stress is part of the job, and wear it like a badge of honor. I want to debunk that myth," says James Turner in this careers commentary. Group leaders should learn how to recognize if colleagues are experiencing problems at work.

Six newly elected members to the House of Representatives with STEM backgrounds talked with Science about national issues that also affect the scientific community.

What makes us human may not lie so much in our language and tool use but in our ability to mull over the past and plan for the future.