Emily Mullin

Releasing sterilized flies can crash a local population of flesh-eating screwworms. But the US currently has limited capacity to produce them.

A San Francisco startup with ties to Elon Musk's Neuralink has started testing its brain implant to detect and treat cancer in humans.

The move comes as the Trump administration is trying to weaken the act that's meant to protect endangered species from going extinct in the first place.

The move comes as the Trump administration is trying to weaken the act that's meant to protect endangered species from going extinct in the first place.

Long hours outdoors, day drinking, and World Cup matches are among the factors raising the risks of heat-related illness, as hot weather spreads across the eastern US.

Hours outdoors, day drinking, and World Cup matches raise the risk of heat-related illness and death.

Official case counts likely capture only a fraction of US cyclosporiasis infections, and the outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better.

Cyclosporiasis isn't the only thing spreading across the US. So is anxiety about getting hit with it.

This week on Uncanny Valley , the team discusses the details behind Apple suing OpenAI over alleged stolen hardware secrets.

“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.