California Institute Technology

In A Galactic First, Star Swallows Planet In One Big Gulp

It’s a gloomy preview of what will happen to Earth when our sun morphs into a red giant and gobbles the four inner planets in another 5 billion years.β€œIf it’s any consolation, this will happen in about 5 billion years,”
By Marcia Dunn, AP

Scientists Create Synthetic Mouse Embryos Using Stem Cells

The researchers stress that growing a baby from a synthetic human embryo is neither possible nor under consideration.
By Laura Ungar, AP