The Genetic Panopticon: We're All Suspects in a DNA Lineup, Waiting to be Matched with a Crime
• By John & Nisha WhiteheadBe warned: the DNA detectives are on the prowl.
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Be warned: the DNA detectives are on the prowl.
Human oocytes can last for up to 50 years--and a newly discovered metabolic pathway is key to this longevity.
Police Are Using Newborn Genetic Screening to Search for Suspects, Threatening Privacy and Public Health
Scientists are rewriting the code of life with a new technology that promises to cure inherited diseases by precisely correcting genetic typos.
Mirror: Spacebusters - The End of Germ Theory
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Researchers at China's Nankai University claimed this week that they successfully cloned pigs through an entirely automated process for the first time in March, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Thursday.
One of the atrocities of industrialized agriculture is the egg industry's killing of male chicks.
Not-So-Humble Beginnings
What scientists know about "infantile amnesia."
Ivan Ermanoski, Arizona State University, has NASA NIAC funding to evaluate, computationally and experimentally, the feasibility of a process–thermal swing sorption/desorption (TSSD)–to generate oxygen from the Mars atmosphere...
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Chris McCay describes how to terraform Mars within about one years of starting.
There is a technology called gene drives.
In case the world is destroyed, scientists are planning to store human DNA, along with the DNA of millions of species, on the Moon. The idea is that aliens might discover it in the far future and recreate the human race. Elon Musk's SpaceX delivere
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The idea of deploying enzymes to break down plastic waste is gaining momentum through a string of breakthroughs demonstrating how they can do so with increasing efficiency, and even reduce the material to simple molecules.
A massive study has analyzed the genomes of cancer cells from more than 12,000 patients, identifying 58 new mutational signatures that offer clues to novel causes of cancer.
By tapping into the unique immune system of alpacas, scientists have developed a promising technique for tempering chronic inflammation associated with conditions such as arthritis.
Top epidemiologist Dr. Peter McCullough broke down a study showing how spike proteins produced by the experimental mRNA Covid vaccine can be passed down through cell lines to future generations, forever altering human genetics.
Genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes could soon buzz around in California and Florida after the federal government greenlighted a plan to release the insects in the states.
Through experimentation with a highly promising anti-aging technique, scientists at the UK's Babraham Institute have demonstrated a new way of turning back the clock in human skin cells.
In the mosquito breeding rooms of British biotech company Oxitec, scientists line up fresh eggs, each the size of a grain of salt. Using microscopic needles, the white-coated researchers inject each egg with a dab of a proprietary synthetic DNA.
First-Time Report of Wild Dolphin Changing its Language for Harbor Porpoises
In this interview, Nichola Conlon, Ph.D., a molecular biologist, antiaging specialist and founder of a nutraceutical company that produces an NAD+ boosting supplement.
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Dr. David Buss and I discuss his groundbreaking work in evolutionary psychology.
Age may be just a number, but it's a number that often carries unwanted side effects, from brittle bones and weaker muscles to increased risks of cardiovascular disease and cancer.