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IN THE Operation Varsity Blues scandal of 2019, 50 wealthy parents were charged with trying to get their children into elite universities through fraudulent means. The story dramatically demonstrated the lengths to which some parents will go to ensure their...

The gene-editing tool CRISPR enabled a groundbreaking new treatment for sickle-cell disease, and in the future, scientists anticipate that it could be used to tackle cancer, forms of inherited blindness, various superbug infections and even HIV...

There was immediate backlash when Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled in February that embryos created through in vitro fertilization qualified as...

When venture capitalist Jack Abraham first began dating his wife, Gabriella Massamillo, he insisted on one condition: that when they...

a wooly mammoth and a modern elephant stand at opposite ends of a photo with trees on the right and a bright orange sunset behind both.
By Dayton Martindale , Vox | 04.26.2023

On January 6, 2000, the bucardo (also known as the Pyrenean ibex, a subspecies of wild mountain goat) was confirmed...

A corporate style animated imaage of multiple scientists climbing up a DNA double helix with test tubes to the right and a microscope to the left
By Editorial, Nature | 04.25.2023

“We wish to suggest a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid (D.N.A.),” wrote James Watson and Francis Crick...

gloved hand holding vial of blood that is labeled "DNA Test"
By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | 04.25.2023

Last year, a study linking the DNA and education data for 3 million people of European ancestry found the resulting...

drawing of a scientist pointing to an illustration of a DNA strand
By R. Jean Cadigan, Margaret Waltz, Rebecca Walker, Rami Major and Incidental Enhancements Research Group, The Hastings Center: Bioethics Forum | 04.25.2023

Prominent science policy reports that set the stage for the recent Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing all raise...

stem cell
By David Jensen, The California Stem Cell Report | 04.24.2023

What good is a “miraculous” cure or a revolutionary therapy -- which is the goal of a $12 billion state...

a graphic featuring test tubes and gametes
By Karen Weintraub, USA Today [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 04.23.2023

Scientists are getting closer to the possibility of making a new person from skin or blood cells – without the need for...

A close up of a neuron that has been effected by alzheimers
By Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters | 04.22.2023

Wendy Nelson watched her mother slowly die of Alzheimer's disease, unable to move or swallow at the end. "All her...

drawing of three babies crawling with each reaching a higher level than the one before
By Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian | 04.21.2023

Simone and Malcolm Collins are a thirtysomething couple with three kids called Torsten, Octavian and Titan Invictus. (They refuse to...