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The public’s wariness with new technologies, like CRISPR-9 and gene editing, is largely based on ethical, religious and social concerns, rather than concerns about safety or efficacy, which is what regulatory agencies are limited to consider.

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But a new study by Arizona State University shows the opposite may be true – that one psychological effect of population density is for those people to adopt a “slow life strategy.” This strategy focuses more on planning for the long-term future and includes tactics like preferring long-term romantic relationships, having fewer children and investing more in education.

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New research from ASU suggests parents shouldn't obsess over grades and extracurricular activities for young schoolchildren, especially if such ambitions come at the expense of social skills and kindness.

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The Moon's surface is being "gardened" -- churned by small impacts -- more than 100 times faster than scientists previously thought. This means that surface features believed to be young are perhaps even younger than assumed. It also means that any structures placed on the Moon as part of human expeditions will need better protection.

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Ahuna Mons is a volcano that rises 13,000 feet high and spreads 11 miles wide at its base. This would be impressive for a volcano on Earth. But Ahuna Mons stands on Ceres, a dwarf planet less than 600 miles wide that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. Even stranger, Ahuna Mons isn't built from lava the way terrestrial volcanoes are -- it's built from ice.

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Starting out as a college freshman can be hard.

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By now, the wearying trope of internet outrage is a global touchstone, especially when it comes to "angry young men."

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A researcher at Arizona State University has discovered how to control multiple robotic drones using the human brain.

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Standard methods for estimating obesity may grossly underestimate the burden of overweight worldwide -- on the scale of hundreds of millions -- according to a paper published in Obesity Reviews. Associate professors Daniel Hruschka of Arizona State University's School of Human Evolution and Social Change and Craig Hadley of Emory University's Department of Anthropology are developing more accurate tools by taking a closer look at the different ways that people's bodies are built in different places around the world.

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Two massive blob-like structures lie deep within the Earth, roughly on opposite sides of the planet. The two structures, each the size of a continent and 100 times taller than Mount Everest, sit on the core, 1,800 miles deep, and about halfway to the center of the Earth.

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Once inside the human body, infectious microbes like Salmonella face a fluid situation. They live in a watery world, surrounded by liquid continually flowing over and abrading their cell surfaces--a property known as fluid shear.

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Male students in undergraduate introductory biology courses are outperforming females at test time, but it may be due to how exams are designed rather than academic ability. In addition, high socioeconomic status students are performing better than lower-status students on those same tests.

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Among the valuable holdings in London's Wellcome Library is a rough pencil sketch made in 1953 by Francis Crick. The drawing is one of the first to show the double-helix structure of DNA--Nature's blueprint for the design of sea snails, human beings, and every other living form on earth.

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Symptoms of illness are not inevitably tied to an underlying disease --rather, many organisms, including humans, adapt their symptom expression to suit their needs. That's the finding of Arizona State University's Leonid Tiokhin, whose research appears in the Quarterly Review of Biology.

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Evolution can be an emotionally charged topic in education, given a wide range of perspectives on it. Two researchers from Arizona State University are taking an in-depth look at how college professors handle it.

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NASA has selected an Arizona State University undergraduate student team for a $200,000 grant to conduct hands-on flight research, through its NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Student Instrument Program (USIP).

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ASU scientists part of study that shows how 'winner-winner' behavior may shape animal colonies.

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Research finds massive phosphorus buildup.

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It turns out that the rigid "line in the sand" over which the human sex chromosomes---the Y and X--- go to avoid crossing over is a bit blurrier than previously thought. Contrary to the current scientific consensus, Arizona State University assistant professor Melissa Wilson Sayres has led a research team that has shown that X and Y DNA swapping may occur much more often. And this promiscuous swapping, may in turn, aid in our understanding of human history and diversity, health and disease, as well as blur rigid chromosomal interpretations of sexual identity.

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Farmers can use fewer resources to grow food.

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Living systems rely on a dizzying variety of chemical reactions essential to development and survival. Most of these involve a specialized class of protein molecules--the enzymes. In a new study, Hao Yan, director of the Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics at ASU's Biodesign Institute presents a clever means of localizing and confining enzymes and the substrate molecules they bind with, speeding up reactions essential for life processes.

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If you just flubbed a big work project, you might be feeling down on yourself. Maybe you’ll head to the mall to indulge in a little retail therapy. Buying products is a common way to make yourself feel better, with half of all Americans reporting that they do it.

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Computer simulations help ASU researchers see what works and what doesn’t for farming and ranching in the Mediterranean — and apply that to other regions in the future.

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Deserts are often thought of as barren places that are left exposed to the extremes of heat and cold and where not much is afoot. But that view is being altered as new research keeps revealing the intricate ecological dynamics of deserts as they change responding to the elements.

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ASU professor discusses advances in recycling dirty water, and harvesting its content.

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Easy vocabulary lessons to prepare any reader to participate in the United Nations climate negotiations, now underway in Lima, Peru.

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Arizona State University experts in global climate policy, international environmental law and climate science will participate in UNFCCC international climate negotiations.

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Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind, interdisciplinary equation to measure the monetary value of natural resources. Equation uses principles commonly used to value other capital assets.

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An Arizona State University research team found that releasing excess heat from air conditioners running during the night resulted in higher outside temperatures, worsening the urban heat island effect and increasing cooling demands.

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In recognition of Julie Ann Wrigley's leadership in conservation, Arizona State University is renaming its Global Institute of Sustainability in her honor.

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Due to climate change, "impacts in the Southwest will especially be felt in terms of water scarcity and more days of extreme heat," says Nancy Grimm, ASU life sciences professor and author of two chapters in the new National Climate Assessment report.

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Arizona State University student Phillip Carrier is using tiny algae plants as inspiration for an art installation project as a Master of Fine Arts student from the Herberger Institute School of Art. Carrier will blend art and science together throughout two summer semesters on the ASU Polytechnic campus as the inaugural artist in residence at the Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation (AzCATI).

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Arizona State University and the U.S. Department of Energy's Algae Testbed Public-Private Partnership (ATP3) will host a hands-on, interactive algae workshop at University of Texas at Austin’s campus on Aug. 19-23. Participants can learn algae sampling methods, cultivation techniques, culture density measurement, contaminant monitoring, and biomass analysis.

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The Ecological Society of America has named Osvaldo Sala, an Arizona State University professor of life sciences and sustainability, as a 2013 Fellow. Sala is also a Distinguished Sustainability Scientist in ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability, where he researches human-environment interactions. He is an expert in biodiversity scenarios and his work appears in more than 180 peer-reviewed publications.

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Arizona State University scientists are joining global stakeholders and researchers investigating sustainable sources of phosphorus--a nutrient that is getting harder to find and is the basis of our global food system. In developing nations, farmers are unable to afford increasing phosphorus prices while in industrialized nations, phosphorus waste pollutes drinking water and kills marine life. At the first meeting in Washington, D.C., scientists identified sustainable solutions that provide a secure food supply, protect fisheries, and maintain clean drinking water.

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'Carbon Nation' producer and director Peter Byck will teach sustainability and film production at Arizona State University this fall. His class will analyze sustainability concepts through storytelling and students will create their own documentary on local Arizona sustainability challenges.

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Climate science researchers from Arizona State University are launching a first-of-its-kind website to better understand and track greenhouse gas emissions from global power plants.

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A research team led by Arizona State University (ASU) senior sustainability scientist Ann Kinzig argues for an novel approach to climate change alleviation: target public values and behavior.

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The U.S. patenting rate is higher than ever since the Industrial Revolution, according to a new report issued by the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, in collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU). Those cities that saw high patent levels within the last thirty years also yielded the largest increase in gross domestic product (GDP) per worker. Patent growth tends to intensify competition among industries. Authors of the Brookings report recommend streamlining existing programs and increasing federal support of innovation to improve the patenting process.