Software used by banks and the space industry may still rely on archaic code. We went in search of the oldest code in use and asked, what happens when it glitches?

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Widespread firings at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could affect everything from tornado alerts to ...

CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as such, will likely change the world. The essence of CRISPR is simple: it’s a way of finding a specific bit of DNA inside a cell.

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The US Department of Agriculture announced it will allocate $100 million to develop vaccines and other therapies to help ...

Mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile virus could become a growing concern in the UK and other northern European nations as ...

A genomic study may have revealed how Greenland sharks live for centuries and yet rarely get cancer.

Intuitive Machines's Athena spacecraft has landed on the surface of the moon, but it seems to have fallen over and we don't ...