What’s a strand of DNA but data? We often think of its units, the As, Cs, Ts, and Gs, as letters of the words in an instruction manual. But what if, ...

Researchers at MIT are analyzing animated GIFs in an attempt to catalog what they believe to be a unique, Internet-based emotional vocabulary. An animated GIF—these days often presented in the ...

For most of us, Crispr represents the best bet for eradicating disease. For others, there's always the possibility of using it to embed GIFs in your DNA.

In a poetic union of cutting-edge data storage technology and early filmmaking, the scientists encoded an animated version of Eadward Muybridge’s famous 1878 photo series of a horse galloping ...

Using a selection of the data underpinning the UNESCO Science Report, these data animations map trends in research input (human and financial investment) and output (publications) around the world.