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A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's...
Imagine this: a future where parents could choose their baby’s eye colour, height or even intelligence.
Sounds like science fiction...
It runs about $50,000 for a dog, with a 20% success rate, and there are numerous ethical considerations
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Thousands of miles from home in the steamy Amazon rainforest in the mid-1800s, the British naturalist Henry Walter Bates had...
Assisted reproduction clinics have seen a sharp rise in the number of Black folks seeking their services during the pandemic. But many ...
Sitting in their toy-filled family room on a sunny September afternoon, Simone and Malcolm Collins were forced to compete with...
After some early but cautious optimism, a company is shelving its pioneering gene-editing treatment for a rare inherited blindness disorder...
“Who wants to live forever?” The immortal words of Freddie Mercury blast from the speakers as blue lights swivel around...
Boston–––In science journalism, there’s a well-worn technique reporters reach for when they’re interviewing a researcher and the technical material starts...
This week, when police in Edmonton, Canada, released a suspect’s image, the crude graphic didn’t come from CCTV or a...