Health

Aaron James is now five months out from his whole-eye and partial-face transplant.

SMART NEWS

Surgeons Perform World's First Whole Eyeball Transplant on Arkansas Veteran

Scientists found inspiration in octopus suckers, which can hold onto surfaces underwater, to design a new drug-delivery method that sticks to the inner cheek.

SMART NEWS

New Patch Inspired by Octopus Suckers Could Deliver Drugs Without Needles

Researchers are using A/B testing to try to motivate patients to reach out for care.

SCIENCE

Can New Messaging Methods Improve Health Care?

Environment

A chicken nugget made from cell-cultivated meat. The companies plan to start by selling their product to restaurants. 

SMART NEWS

USDA Approves First Lab-Grown Chicken in the United States

The Neo P1 starts at $179, roughly five to ten times the price of a normal pothos plant.

SMART NEWS

Could Genetically Modified Houseplants Clean the Air in Your Home?

A green crab, Carcinus maenas

SMART NEWS

New Hampshire Distillery Makes Whiskey Out of Invasive Crabs

Education

A new exhibition in Marseille recreates the famous cave and the art found within. 

SMART NEWS

Tour a Submerged Cave Packed With Paleolithic Art—Without Ever Venturing Underwater

Like a regular sail uses wind to navigate across an ocean, solar sails use the pressure exerted by sunlight to move through space. (Pictured: a conceptual illustration of a diffractive solar sail)

SMART NEWS

NASA’s New Solar Sail Could Soon Navigate in Space

A 3D animation created using data from LiDAR shows the urban center of Cotoca.

SCIENCE

Lost Cities of the Amazon Discovered From the Air