Highly recommend this thoughtful article. While the genetic engineering of plants must be part of the equation for feeding the world & slowing global warming, these powerful technologies must be used wisely.

"Reactor-grown nuggets, human-edited genetic code, and new mRNA technologies could change our relationship to life itself."

>"The simple insight that most changes are random had a profound effect on genetics, evolution and ecology."

Odin, in Norse mythology, is an extremely powerful god who’s also a trickster. He has only one eye, having sacrificed the other for wisdom. Among his many _...Read More_

More than just a sun tan: Ultraviolet light helps marine animals to tell the time of year

>"A new reference genome assembly identified more than 85 million genetic variants in the rhesus macaque, the largest database of genetic variation for any one nonhuman _...Read More_

>"Eric Green, head of the nation’s top genomics research institute, looks back on how far the field has come and shares his bold vision for the future."

“The question of what determines biological diversity has pestered evolutionary biologists ever since Wallace and Darwin came up with their theory of evolution,” Salzburger said. The new study doesn’t provide conclusive answers, but it does _...Read More_

New research links serotonin and dopamine not just to addiction and depression, but to the ability to control genes.

Half of your DNA is determined by your mother's side, and half is by your father. So, if you seem to look exactly like your mother, perhaps some DNA that codes for your body and how your organs run was copied from your father's genes." So _...Read More_

The genes of 50,000 descendants of slaves reveal the effects of the global slave trade generations later, according to a study published Thursday in the American _...Read More_