Knights of science have long chased a biologic holy grail: transforming a soup of raw chemicals into self-sustaining life. Now, a team led by synthetic biologist Kate Adamala, of the University of ...

Marking a breakthrough in biological engineering, researchers claim to have created the world’s first synthetic cells that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell, taking a big step towards ...

Love is in the air. On Wednesday, a man and woman dressed in black managed to illegally scale the Empire State Building, appearing to get engaged in the process. The couple has revealed themselves as ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell. This breakthrough in synthetic biology could usher in an era of ...

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WASHINGTON - Workers have taken down President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center, hours after a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove it from the building, and less than six months after ...

The owner of Portland’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building successfully lobbied the county court to block the city from ruling on a land use violation against his property, a ruling ...

The state of New York could meet its goal of building 46 gigawatts of large-scale solar by midcentury, but not without making difficult choices in how land is used across the state. That’s the overall ...

A proposed grant program would provide $20 million annually to help schools train staff, upgrade kitchens, and buy whole ingredients. A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced the Scratch Cooked ...

Live from San Francisco, we compiled all the biggest news from Microsoft's annual developer conference. This is how Microsoft sees the future of AI computing. Microsoft Build is officially over, but ...

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