Medicine

Smell is one of the most complex and least understood senses

The history of testicular transplants is long and often sordid, but this successful procedure offers hope for survivors of cancer and other diseases that affect fertility

Most adults have levels of a dangerous type of cholesterol that are above 100, but this new drug can reduce levels to around 50

Equipping spacecraft with x-ray machines could boost safety for long-duration spaceflights—like a crewed mission to Mars

Several children who had aggressive recurrent brain tumors remained disease-free years after this treatment, according to an early-stage trial

The SpudCell certainly resembles a living cell, but a key structure inside the cell falls short of the real thing

The Trump administration is mulling new rules that would give political appointees final say on research grants

Using viruslike particles to deliver therapies safely and effectively

Building models of the human brain to better understand disease

Improving brain-machine interfaces to make them more resilient

The HBCU president on the role of academic institutions in American innovation

The computational neuroscientist on how scientists themselves need to better advocate for government support