The world’s largest network of environmental groups approved the exploration of genetic engineering tools to aid in the ...

Some scientists looking to preserve vulnerable species have turned to a controversial technique: synthetic biology. This ...

GEN editors discuss both the news and history of DNA and genetic engineering. We present a recap of the 50 th anniversary of the Asilomar conference, delving into some of the history from the 1975 ...

Ethan Hawke’s 1997 sci-fi masterpiece Gattaca turns 28 this year, and it remains one of the most thought-provoking dystopian ...

Conservation scientists are racing against time, as hundreds of animal and plant species edge closer to extinction each year ...

Genetic engineering uses enzymes to carefully alter genetic material. This line of study has led to hardier and healthier food crops, the mass production of insulin, and novel vaccines, and it’s all ...

As Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age is precisely what its title claims it to be. Biologist Matthew Cobb (The Idea of the Brain) has examined both the potential and dangers of genetic ...

Her dishonest advocacy does incalculable damage to the most vulnerable. The “Social Justice Warrior Handbook,” which satirizes people who promote liberal, multicultural, anti-capitalist, ...

In the summer of 1974, a group of international researchers published an urgent open letter asking their colleagues to suspend work on a potentially dangerous new technology. The letter was a first in ...

Lignin is one of the most abundant aromatic polymers on Earth and has long been recognized as a promising biomass resource.

As Gods. By Matthew Cobb. Basic Books; 464 pages; $35. Published in Britain as “The Genetic Age” ; Profile Books; £25 In 2018 He Jiankui, a Chinese biologist, made headlines around the world when he ...