Transplant breakthrough. For the first time, surgeons successfully transplanted a kidney from a gene-edited pig to a person, who was brain-dead and on life support. The surfaces of the pig cells were ...

Tardigrades, often called “water bears”, are fascinating microscopic organisms known for their incredible resilience—they can survive anything from deadly radiation to arctic temperatures to the ...

Microscopic tardigrades—plump, eight-legged arthropod relatives—are nearly indestructible, and their durability superpower may have helped them weather the deadliest mass extinction in Earth’s history ...