14-year-old named ‘America’s Top Young Scientist’ for AI-powered pesticide detector

Sirish Subash, a 14-year-old ninth grader from Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology in Snellville, Georgia, has been named...

Japanese bird scientist’s unconventional research tactic goes viral

The anonymous researcher resorted to wearing a pigeon mask for an entire year in a bid to blend in ...

Chinese scientist who was jailed for creating gene-edited babies proposes controversial new research

He Jiankui, a controversial scientist who was sentenced to three years in prison in China in 2019, recently proposed gene editing to protect...

Hong Kong voids visa of Chinese scientist behind world’s first gene-edited babies

Just hours after announcing his plan to conduct research in Hong Kong, Chinese scientist He Jiankui saw his work visa revoked on Tuesday. He...

Chinese scientist sentenced to over 2 years in prison for stealing Monsanto trade secret for China

Xiang Haitao, 44, pleaded guilty in January to stealing copies of a proprietary algorithm from agrochemical giant Monsanto while employed u...

Study: Half of US-based Chinese scientists express fear of racial profiling and surveillance by feds

A new survey has revealed a persisting fear among U.S.-based Chinese scientists of being under federal surveillance due to racial profiling....

DNA linking dogs to extinct wolves suggests man’s best friend may have origins in East Asia, not Europe

Scientists may have just discovered that the Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax), which went extinct over a century ago, might be the clo...

Hong Kong Scientist Develops Eye Scan That Can Identify Autism in Children

A scientist in Hong Kong has developed an innovative technique for early detection of autism or the risk of autism in children. The method, ...

The U.S. Deported The Man Who Would Become China’s ‘Father of Space Technology’ Out of Fear

America may not have won World War II and landed on the moon later if not for the contributions of a brilliant Chinese scientist named Qian ...

Indian American Gitanjali Rao, 15, is TIME’s First-Ever ‘Kid of the Year’

TIME has honored a 15-year-old Indian American girl as its first-ever “Kid of the Year” for her creative use of technology to tackle issues ...

Meet the Legendary Scientist Working on Treatments For COVID-19 and Other Coronaviruses

Dr. David Ho’s work as an HIV/AIDS researcher has been nothing short of legendary.  As director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center an...

Chinese Scientist Who Created Gene-Edited Babies Gets 3 Years in Jail

A Chinese scientist who caused an international stir after claiming responsibility for the world’s first gene-edited babies in 2018 ha...

Chinese Scientist in ‘Gene-Edited Babies’ Controversy is Now ‘Missing’

Professor He Jiankui, the controversial Chinese scientist who claimed to have produced the world’s first genetically-edited babies, is now r...

Chinese Scientist in Gene-Edited Babies Controversy Reveals Second Pregnancy

Chinese professor He Jiankui, the scientist who made global headlines after claiming to have created the first gene-edited babies, finally a...

Chinese Scientists Suspended After Claims of Creating ‘World’s First Gene-Edited Babies’

The Chinese scientist who sparked near-universal criticism for his claim of creating the world’s first gene-edited babies has reportedly bee...

Japanese Scientists Just Used AI to Read Minds and We Are Scared AF

A team of four scientists at Japan’s Kyoto University succeeded in using artificial intelligence to decode images of thoughts. The study, re...

Science Confirms Drinking Alcohol Makes it Easier to Speak a Foreign Language

Alcohol – in moderation – really does help you become more fluent when speaking a foreign language according to British and Dutch researcher...