CRISPR

If you could select the traits your children would have before they were born, would you do it? Once a ...

The day is rapidly approaching when many people will reproduce in the lab instead of the bedroom. Rather than pairing ...

We live in a precautionary era in which technological breakthroughs poised to dominate the coming decades—from artificial intelligence and nanotechnology ...

CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing quickly decimated two caged populations of malaria-bearing mosquitoes (Anopheles gambiae) in a recent study, introducing a new ...

The recently released Cass report has intensified an already ferocious debate over gender-affirming care for children. What are the key ...

RFK, Jr. has resurrected the long-debunked speculation that atrazine, a low-toxicity weedkiller, causes sexual dysphoria in frogs—and humans. The oft-reported ...

So-called "diet weed" is slowly gaining popularity across the US. Is this newfangled drug safe to consume? Scientists have successfully ...

Groundbreaking gene therapies for deafness are coming online, but they're opposed by a surprising group of people—a subset of the ...

Americans are losing trust in scientists following the COVID pandemic. How can experts regain the public's support? The European Union ...

We don't always know why anti-depressants and obesity drugs work, but that shouldn't discourage patients from taking medications that can ...

The public accepts a lot of myths about nutrition. Let's examine 10 of the most common, but scientifically dubious ideas ...

The same technology behind the mRNA COVID shots could also yield groundbreaking treatments for wide-ranging diseases. A new study posits ...

Agriculture contributes a significant portion of the world's climate-changing greenhouse gases. In turn, changes in climate will reduce agricultural yields ...

So-called "clean" cosmetics have become a big business in recent years. But as with food fads like "Non-GMO," clean cosmetics ...

We’ve heard a lot about climate change, and its impact on crops, especially in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the ...

2022 was a dynamic year for scientific progress. The James Webb space telescope, launched on Christmas day 2021, quickly helped ...

Are you ready to eat insects? Some scientists say it's time we get more protein from bugs and less from ...

CRISPR gene editing has already proved to be a useful biomedical tool, but a recent study indicates it may damage ...

The Non-GMO Project has targeted synthetic biology on behalf of consumers, but does the public really need protection from a ...

Many smokers don't get lung cancer. But why do so many non-smokers end up with the disease? A preliminary study ...

Mary Boote, Chief Executive Officer of the GlobalFarmer Network | June 12, 2018Highlights: Agricultural biotech solutions are being denied to ...

Consumers in the UK may soon have access to a gene-edited tomato that boosts their vitamin D levels. Monkeypox is ...

GMO grapes exist, so why can't we buy them? Farmers in the Philippines have access to disease-fighting Golden Rice after ...

A major university recently halted a science outreach event because the invited speakers were white men. Has so-called "cancel culture" ...

We all crave sugar on occasion, and geneticists say they've found some of the genes that may have driven this ...

Researchers have developed a biosensor they say can monitor the activity of CRISPR gene editing in real-time. Synthetic biology is ...

The COVID-19 vaccines saved a lot of lives in 2021, but convincing some Americans to take them proved to be ...