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Muscle cells from a patient with myotonic dystrophy, used in recent UC San Diego experiments, are seen in this undated photo.

San Diego Scientists Tweak Gene Editing Tool To Target RNA

Scientists experimenting on plants, animals and even human embryos have used the powerful gene editing tool CRISPR to alter DNA. But a team of UC San Diego scientists have repurposed the technique to target RNA, the molecule crucial for translating the genetic information stored in DNA.

Babies get less sleep at night and sleep for shorter stretches when they sleep in their parents' room after 4 months old, a new study finds.

Babies Sleep Better In Their Own Rooms After 4 Months, Study Finds

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that infants sleep in their parents' room for at least six months. But some experts say scientific evidence does not back up the guidelines.

Mission San Jose, one of five missions in San Antonio designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The cultural aid agency has designated more than 1,000 such sites around the world — including more than 20 in the U.S. — to celebrate their "outstanding universal value."

U.S. Says It Will Withdraw From UNESCO, Citing 'Anti-Israel Bias'

The State Department said the withdrawal from the United Nations' cultural agency will take effect Dec. 31, 2018. The U.S. had cut funding to the group years ago for offering Palestinians membership.

The main control room of the European Space Operation Center in Darmstadt, Germany, is pictured Friday during the controlled descent of the European Space Agency space probe Rosetta onto the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Rosetta Crashes Into Comet, Bringing Historic Mission To End

The Rosetta spacecraft has been orbiting the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet for two years. Now scientists have ended the mission, and the spacecraft has lost contact with Earth forever.

The Martin Johnson House, a Scripps Institution of Oceanography venue seen in this undated photo, was the site for a 2012 meeting comparing oil companies with the tobacco industry.

Scripps Oceanography Caught In Exxon Mobil Political Crossfire

A Republican congressman claims investigations into Exxon Mobil stem from a meeting held at Scripps in 2012. The meeting compared oil companies to the tobacco industry.

A coffee farmer picks fresh coffee cherries in Colombia. New climate research suggests Latin America faces major declines in coffee-growing regions, as well as bees, which help coffee to grow.

Coffee, Bees and Climate Change Are Linked In Ways You May Not Have Expected

A new study projects that by 2050, climate change could reduce the amount of ground usable to grow coffee in Latin America by up to 88 percent. Bees play a key role in increasing coffee yields.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings delivers a keynote address at CES 2016 in Las Vegas. He has admitted facing Amazon in video is a challenge.

Once Dominant, Netflix Faces An Increasing Number Of Video Challengers

With more than 100 million subscribers around the world, Netflix is the premier video streaming service, But, as competition from Amazon, Hulu and others heats up, can Netflix stay on top?

President Obama meets with student finalists of the Intel Science Talent Search 2011 competition in the East Room of the White House.

Intel Ending Sponsorship Of Prestigious Science Contest For High School Students

Intel has been the corporate sponsor of the Science Talent Search since 1998. This year the company gave out more than $1 million in prize money.

A 3-D mammogram reveals a normal breast.

When You Need A Mammogram, Should You Get One In '3-D'?

A newer type of breast imaging costs more. It's not yet clear if the three-dimensional approach is more effective at catching cancers that will kill.

This Teacher Wants To Excite Your Inner Scientist

Ainissa Ramirez used to be an associate professor at Yale in Materials Science. Now she's taking her "science evangelism" out on the road.

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