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Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

This is the 17th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conser­vatory-trained viola...

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

By Yoon Min-sik, The Korea Herald | 12.23.2015
Untitled Document The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Seoul National University’s dismissal of Hwang Woo-suk was justifiable, marking an...
By Stephen Moss, The Guardian | 12.23.2015
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The first thing to say is that $100,000 is a lot of money. Especially for a dog. OK...

By Ken Kolker, WOOD | 12.23.2015
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MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — It started with an armed robbery at a Norton Shores Shell station in July...

By Margaret Somerville, The Globe and Mail [Canada] | 12.21.2015
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“Editing” the human germline – the genes passed on from generation to generation that have evolved naturally over...

By Ludwig Burger, Reuters | 12.21.2015
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Bayer will spend 325 million euros ($353 million) on research into a promising new gene editing technology as...

By Meg Urry, Nature | 12.21.2015
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Untitled Document Gender equality in science made headlines repeatedly this year. Nobel-prizewinning biochemist Tim Hunt made his ill-advised...

By Daniela Hernandez, Fusion | 12.21.2015
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Type the word scientist into Google image search, and you’ll overwhelmingly get a bunch of white faces in...

By Edward Ortiz, Sacramento Bee | 12.20.2015
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The two calves that grace a muddy pen on the UC Davis campus will never grow horns typical...