Bringing an extinct species back to life was once firmly in the realm of science fiction, but as genetic engineering…
Well, folks, it’s just a few hours shy of the turn of the month, and you know what that means: April Fool’s Day. Yes,…
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that it is lifting an import ban that prevented a brand of…
The winds of time blow strangely here, in our unfortunate state of internet-enabled perpetual present, but how the heck…
Hopefully your week has been better than leading New York politicians, like NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor…
The great white shark is impressively terrifying (though not actually much of a threat to humans). But a new study…
An 80-year-old woman from the United Kingdom is the first patient to undergo gene therapy to treat age-related macular…
Buried deep within the DNA of Asian individuals is a genetic clue pointing to the existence of an unknown human…
Chinese researchers have cloned five gene-edited monkeys with a host of genetic disease symptoms, according to two…
The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has stripped James Watson, the 90-year-old Nobel Prize-winning scientist…
It’s the sort of realization that ought to make you existentially terrified: All of your thoughts and actions are…
One of the most distinctive body parts of your typical English bulldog, French bulldog, or Boston terrier—their coiled…
Eastern lowland gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have endured dramatic population declines in recent…
This year, you and your loved ones may have come across ads for a great gift to give this holiday season:…
A project claiming to have produced the world’s first gene-edited babies has been stopped by the Chinese government,…
Speaking at a genetics conference in Hong Kong earlier today, embattled Chinese scientist He Jiankui said he was…
Canadian scientists have identified microscopic creatures that are so unlike anything seen before, they had to create…
It’s nicknamed the “humongous fungus”—an unusually large fungal growth belonging to a single genetic individual. An…
It’s a huge day for archaeologists and anyone interested in the history of America’s first settlers. Findings from…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday that it has approved the marketing of 23andMe’s reports…
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