A new artificial skin unveiled at CES 2026 could give robots human-like sensitivity, helping machines better understand ...

As if sequencing a full human genome wasn't tricky enough, scientists are now attempting to reconstruct our species' genetic material from the ground up. It's an ambitious and controversial project ...

Scientists first read the human genome, a three-billion-letter biological book, in April 2003. Since then, researchers have steadily advanced the ability to write DNA, moving far beyond single-gene ...

Human hair provides a natural look that blends seamlessly with your own hair and lasts longer. Synthetic hair is budget-friendly, requires minimal upkeep, and offers a variety of styles. Human hair ...

Though it draws its name from an extraterrestrial species, the "Alien" franchise is often just as interested in synthetic life as it is in the biological world. This goes all the way back to the very ...

TAMPA, Fla. (BLOOM) — SynDaver, a Tampa-based company known for its hyper-realistic synthetic bodies, has launched a new line of advanced synthetic humans designed to improve how students, doctors and ...

A team of UK-based researchers is going where no scientist has dared to go—writing artificial human DNA from scratch. They’re hoping the project will answer fundamental questions about the human ...

The Wellcome Trust recently announced that they are funding a research programme to investigate synthetic human genomes, and Laura Blackburn, PHG Foundation’s Head of Science, had the opportunity to ...