News

This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20am, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: Gene-editing technology allows scientists to work with DNA in unprecedented ways, but there are larger scientific...

For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered baby.

Backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband, along with Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong, the startup—called...

Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...

This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

Sad woman resting her head on her arm
By Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post | 01.27.2018

Brigitte Adams caused a sensation four years ago when she appeared on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek under the headline...

Black and white photo of the palm of an adult's hands  holding a newborn's feet.
By Leila Fadel, NPR | 01.26.2018

Aiden and Ethan Dvash-Banks share pretty much everything. The 16-month-old twins were born four minutes apart, from the same womb...

A black woman kisses a young black girl with joy and love expressed on their faces. In the background, there is a city back drop with other people walking on the sidewalk is featured, but out of focus and blurred.
By Carl Zimmer, New York Times | 01.25.2018

For centuries, people have drawn the line between nature and nurture.

In the nineteenth century, the English polymath Francis Galton...

Macaque monkey eating
By Jim Axelrod, CBS News [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 01.24.2018

There has been a big scientific breakthrough that may bring the world one step closer to cloning humans. Two female...

By Malcolm Ritter, Associated Press [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 01.24.2018

For the first time, researchers have used the cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep to create healthy monkeys, bringing...

Baby macaque monkey riding on an adult macaque's back
By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 01.24.2018

Chinese researchers have finally figured out how to clone a primate, using the same technique Scottish researchers devised to clone...

A blue spherical design structure with lighting effects that highlight its surface texture. The texture can be described as popping out in geometrical patterns.
By Megan Molteni, Wired | 01.24.2018

MOST PEOPLE USE Google's search-by-image featureto either look for copyright infringement, or for shopping. See some shoes you like on...

The online search engine, Google icon appears, with a magnifying glass.
By Lindsay King-Miller, Rewire | 01.24.2018

And how should parents—especially queer parents—manage their expectations around it?

My friend’s daughter Emma looks a lot like my daughter...