Stories by Charles Q. Choi

Their overall shape makes them one of the slowest swimmers on the planet. Still, they are unexpectedly effective at capturing prey

In the series “A Modest Proposal,” my colleagues and I will propose inventions and projects that I think are eminently doable and would love made real.

Researchers hope the findings will be used to create treatment for men who cannot produce healthy sperm cells

In the series “A Modest Proposal,” my colleagues and I will propose inventions and projects that I think are eminently doable and would love made real.

In the series “A Modest Proposal,” my colleagues and I will propose inventions and projects that I think are eminently doable and would love made real.

In the series “A Modest Proposal,” my colleagues and I will propose inventions and projects that I think are eminently doable and would love made real.

New research shows how mobile devices can identify single viruses, maybe single molecules

To aid in hunting, the Martu people burn patches of grasslands. The regrowth accommodates a wider variety of wildlife, leading to more stable populations

Researchers have discovered gold particles within the living tissue of Eucalyptus trees in Australia

How could the cosmos have become so skewed?

The strongest of these bright arms reaches out from the center of the Coma Cluster toward a small subgroup of galaxies, called NGC 4911, about 2.1 million light-years away

In the series “A Modest Proposal,” my colleagues and I will propose inventions and projects that I think are eminently doable and would love made real.

In the series “A Modest Proposal,” my colleagues and I will propose inventions and projects that I think are eminently doable and would love made real.

Hungry microbes can hunt down drug-resistant superbugs

New research shows freshwater organisms fared better than others after the most recent extinction event

So after months in the making, Drunk Science finally appeared. Let me talk here about how fun it was, and how I or anyone else involved will never, ever do it again.

New netlike circuits could create “cyborg tissues”

Plasma cutters could make surgery less bloody

The moon generated a surprisingly intense magnetic field until at least 3.56 billion years ago, 160 years longer than previously thought, a new study reports

New plastic cloaks are easier to fabricate and lighter

The mysterious bias of life on Earth toward molecules that skew one way and not the other could be due to how light shines in star- and planet-forming clouds, researchers say