What does it mean to be posthuman?

David Cohen | New Scientist | 
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. How would you like to be a posthuman? You know, a ...

Genetics helps determine where the H7N9 bird flu came from

Debora MacKenzie | New Scientist | 
The following is an excerpt. The new H7N9 bird flu strain continues to spread across China. Currently, more than 120 ...

Heading south for the new origin of our species

New Scientist | 
The following is an excerpt. We have unearthed more and more ancient human species in recent years. Rather than there ...

Mouse hepatitis virus may help end chimp research

Sara Reardon | New Scientist | 
The following is an excerpt. A newly discovered rodent virus that resembles hepatitis C could give research chimps a break ...
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Economic recession can effect your genes

Andy Coghlan | New Scientist | 
New insights into how genes are triggered in times of stress suggest that we should be paying attention to the ...
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What makes smart people do dumb things

Sally Adee | New Scientist | 
Our usual measures of intelligence – particularly IQ – have very little to do with irrational, illogical behaviors. You really ...

Storm erupts over publishing of HeLa genome

Andy Coghlan | New Scientist | 
The following is an excerpt. One of the world's most prestigious laboratories is frantically trying to resolve a row over ...
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Genetic engineering turns microbes into industrial powerhouses

Douglas Heaven | New Scientist | 
Thanks to a new method of gene expression quality control, the next industrial revolution could be biological ...

Gene therapy cures leukaemia in eight days

Andy Coghlan | New Scientist | 
The following is an excerpt. Within just eight days of starting a novel gene therapy, David Aponte's "incurable" leukaemia had ...

Who wants to live alongside sabre-toothed tigers?

Frank Swain | New Scientist | 
The following is an excerpt. A few weeks back I chanced across a post by Carla Sinclair at BoingBoing in which she ...

Don’t fear babies made with genes from three parents

New Scientist | 
The following is an excerpt. NOBODY knows how many of them there are, but we know they exist. They are ...

Are breast milk stem cells the real deal for medicine?

Douglas Heaven | New Scientist | 
The following is an excerpt. Proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins are all on the menu for a breastfed baby. Now it ...

‘New life’ found in Antarctica’s Lake Vostok

Michael Marshall | New Scientist | 
The following is an edited excerpt. There is something alive in Lake Vostok, deep beneath the East Antarctic ice sheet, ...
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“Adam” born 338,000 years ago in revised estimate

Colin Barras | New Scientist | 
DNA collected from an African American suggests that the "genetic Adam" may have lived far longer ago than previously thought ...

New blood test finds elusive fetal gene problem

New Scientist | 
The following is an excerpt. A new non-invasive blood test for pregnant women could make it easier to catch abnormalities ...
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Detecting the ‘genetic’ characteristics of malware

Hal Hodson | New Scientist | 
The battle between malicious software and computer anti-virus programs is continuous and ever-evolving. But thinking of malware in a biological ...

Gene therapy cures diabetic dogs

New Scientist | 
The following is an excerpt. Five diabetic beagles no longer needed insulin injections after being given two extra genes, with ...

Gene therapy cures diabetic dogs

Andy Coghlan | New Scientist | 
The following is an excerpt. Five diabetic beagles no longer needed insulin injections after being given two extra genes, with ...

Quadruple DNA helix discovered in human cells

Andy Coghlan | New Scientist | 
The following is an excerpt. Quadruple helices that intertwine four, rather than two, DNA strands had been made in the ...
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Matching names to genes: The end of genetic privacy?

Sara Reardon | New Scientist | 
An MIT research team used publicly available genetic information and an algorithm to identify some of the people who donated ...

DNA ‘identichip’ gives a detailed picture of a suspect

Abdul-Kareem Ahmed | New Scientist | 
Imagine you are trying to solve a burglary, and your sole lead is a cigarette butt. It has enough DNA ...
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What’s more dangerous: biology or synthetic biology?

Andy Coghlan | New Scientist | 
Slate MagazineWhat's More Dangerous: Biology or Synthetic Biology?Slate MagazineTom Knight got the bug for bioscience while he was a computer ...

Pressure mounts for retraction of GM crop-cancer study

Andy Coghlan | New Scientist | 
Pressure mounts for retraction of GM crop-cancer studyNew Scientist (blog)The EFSA concluded that the researchers, led by Gilles-Eric Séralini of ...

Sperm stem cells restore male fertility

Will Ferguson | New Scientist | 
Men who lose the ability to produce sperm after chemotherapy might one day be able to regain their fertility. That's ...
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Sustainable impact of biotech crops

New Scientist | 
A review of available scientific evidence about genetically modified (GM) crops clearly indicates their benefits for environmental sustainability and managing ...
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Claim of first human stem cell trial unravels

Peter Aldhous | New Scientist | 
Claims by a Japanese scientist to have run a clinical trial in which reprogrammed cardiac muscle cells grown from induced ...

DNA’s half-life identified using fossil bones

Colin Barras | New Scientist | 
We are used to radioactive substances having a half-life, but DNA? Now a study of bones from extinct birds suggests ...
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Scientists increasingly support sustainability advantages of GM crops

Michael Marshall | New Scientist | 
The idea that genetic modification is in itself harmful now appears to be a minority viewpoint. Scientists are decisively coming ...
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