Science of the Future
How might humans evolve if we colonized Mars
[H]ow will our fragile Earth-borne bodies react if we were to live on another planet like Mars? ... Even if ...
Viewpoint: Sociogenomics—Challenging the ethics of IQ-based gene selection
[A] US start-up that offers eugenic embryo selection. Heliospect Genomics aims to enable wealthy couples to select the “most intelligent” ...
‘Massive breakthrough’: In breakthrough microsurgery, surgeons use an abdomen blood vessel to reconstruct breasts
A patient who had pioneering breast reconstruction surgery said she took part ‘for all the women who will come after ...
RFK, Jr.’s MAHA ‘chronic disease epidemic’ tsunami sweeps across America
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement, which focuses on ending what President Donald Trump's health secretary calls the “chronic disease epidemic,” ...
Viewpoint: How our food choices impact the global environment
Messaging about healthy and sustainable food choices — buying local, the best diets, the cost of nutritious food — can ...
DNA barcoding: How it revolutionized tracking food fraud
[T]he 2013 horsemeat scandal is considered one of the most egregious cases of food fraud on the continent [Europe], and ...
Gene therapy offers hope for people with rare, exorbitantly-expensive-to-treat diseases
[S]tunning advances in genetic science have revealed the subtle, insidious culprits behind [rare genetic] diseases and have started paving the ...
What are the barriers limiting organic food consumption globally
Current dietary practices significantly contribute to environmental degradation, with organic food consumption emerging as a viable alternative for promoting sustainability ...
India becomes first country to approve yield-boosting gene edited rice
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday [April 4, 2025] unveiled India’s first genome-edited rice varieties, DRR Dhan 100 ...
Keeping sewers clean: Subterranean drones are thankfully replacing human workers
The key to preventing [sewer related] disasters ... is regular inspection of sewer lines, hunting down any cracks and fissures ...
Viewpoint: Nigeria is on the cusp of an agricultural genetic modification revolution. Here’s why patent protections are so crucial
The intersection of intellectual property (IP) and genomics is reshaping the landscape of healthcare, biotechnology, and business in Nigeria. Genomics—the ...
How biotech supercharged by AI, robotics and blockchain can help tackle climate change and food shortages
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, robotics, and blockchain is transforming agriculture worldwide. These technologies tackle pressing issues such ...
AI models often promote stereotypes. Now there is a program that exposes biases
[A] new dataset [Margaret Mitchell] helped create [tests] how AI models continue perpetuating stereotypes. Unlike most bias-mitigation efforts that prioritize ...
‘It’s not a eureka solution’: RFK, Jr.’s NIH kills funding for future COVID vaccines to support controversial longshot ‘universal’ shot
In a shift away from next-generation Covid-19 vaccines, the Trump administration is investing $500 million in a vaccine project championed ...
‘If our genetic differences are part of what makes us human, do we have the right — or the responsibility — to change them?
With CRISPR technology, scientists can now edit both somatic genes (from the body) and germline genes (from gametes, the sex cells ...
Seafood of the future is now: 3D-printed calamari has more protein than real squid
Your next fried calamari appetizer might come from a printer, not the ocean. Scientists from the National University of Singapore ...
Trump brain drain: 3/4 of American scientists say they’re considering leaving the U.S. to pursue their work.
"We may very well see, as a result of what's happened in these dramatic few months, a reverse brain drain, ...
Kenyan doctors and health establishment pushing hard for legal clearance to grow genetically modified crops to address food insecurity
Healthcare professionals in the country are calling for resolution on the Genetically Modified food crops in order to enhance the ...
Viewpoint: More a vibe than a coalition—RFK, Jr. rose to popularity with the support of gadflies, conspiracists and crystal healers. Are they turning on him?
After the Senate voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary, supporters of his “Make ...
The octopus within us: Cephalopods and humans share genes that began shaping intelligence dating back 518 million years
New research suggests that octopuses and humans may share an ancient evolutionary connection that helps explain the remarkable intelligence of cephalopods. According to findings discussed ...
FDA poised to approve more genetically engineered food animals
In the United States, animals developed with HGMs [heritable genetic modifications] must be approved by the Food and Drug Administration ...
Should we be concerned about low birth rates in the most developed countries?
"Societies experiencing falling birth rates and an increasing elderly population will eventually need to shift resources and labour from caring ...
How AI is reshaping the food and beverage industry
Everything revolves around data: It connects the links, provides insights, and enables targeted action. The Food & Beverage company of ...
Viewpoint: Dark money funded Organic Consumers Association close to dissolution. Good riddance to a science embarrassment
The Organic Consumers Association, the embarrassing stepchild of the organic industry founded by the late Ronnie Cummins in 1998, has a positive-sounding ...
The ‘fertilization president’ guts CDC IVF research
The elimination of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance team ... shocked public health experts ...
How synthetic biology is producing greener chemicals, climate-resilient agriculture and repurposing food waste
Since the development of recombinant DNA technology 50 years ago – pioneered here at Stanford – we’ve seen the rise ...
Taking a fresh look at the positives and negatives of genetically modified crops
[T]he vast majority of GMOs grown in the U.S. are "engineered to produce their own pesticides, or survive direct application ...
