Niko McCarty

Niko McCarty is a science journalist and programmer in New York. Prior to journalism, he was a bioengineer at Imperial College London and Caltech.

Researchers made a CRISPR gene editor that can be controlled with blue light

Chloride pollution, caused largely by de-icing salts and water softeners, is increasing across the country. A small town in Minnesota is fed up.

A scientist in Sydney turned the coronavirus genome into a musical masterpiece

For historians, recoloring an old photograph is meticulous, time-consuming work that computer programs can’t match

Computer programs can't yet create music that rivals the best musicians', but that isn't stopping some companies from trying

An online workshop shows how easy it is to break into the software that controls these important devices

But there’s no difference in the rate of deaths caused by COVID-19, according to a new study

A new method to stitch together DNA can assemble a virus genome in one day