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Should biotech piggy go to market?
Consumer advocates worry that the FDA is throwing open the barn door to genetically engineered animals too quickly.
By Rebecca Clarren Mar 4, 2008
Is a need for skinny jeans in the genes?
New evidence finds that anorexia may be at least partly genetic.
Carol Lloyd Dec 6, 2007
Craig Venter is the future
The most groundbreaking science is being done outside academia and government. And the egomaniacal geneticist is leading the way.
By Jonathon Keats Dec 5, 2007
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The Suns get tough just in time to tie the Spurs and salvage their season. Plus: Are prosthetic legs fair in a race?
May 15, 2007
Bionic parents and techno-children
Author Liza Mundy talks about "designer babies," the "epidemic" of twins, and why assisted reproduction is the world's biggest social experiment.
By Lynn Harris May 9, 2007
Are we playing dice with the biosphere?
Veteran tech writer Denise Caruso warns us how little we really know about genetic engineering -- and says there's a smarter way to place bets on new technology.
By Scott Rosenberg Mar 12, 2007
Synthetic biologists: We're not irresponsible
An M.I.T. biological engineering professor rejects the ETC Group's critique
Andrew Leonard Jan 18, 2007
Fun with synthetic biology
An enyzme here, an enzyme there, pretty soon you're talking serious ecological mayhem.
Andrew Leonard Jan 17, 2007
"Fat Soap"? Fat chance
Nothing about this product is "Jurassic."
By David Puner Dec 19, 2006
Love, or biology?
Research suggests that women prefer men whose genetic makeup differs from their own.
Adrienne So Dec 13, 2006
Fainting goats - just horsing around?
Genetic disorders in animals are wacky.
By David Puner Dec 13, 2006
The mothers of all Jewish mothers
The ancestry of 40 percent of Ashkenazi Jews is traced to four women.
Lynn Harris Jan 18, 2006
Women more likely to inherit depression
A new study suggests women's "variable hormonal environment" makes them more susceptible.
Page Rockwell Jan 10, 2006
Nanomedicine's brave new world
In just a few years, doctors will know everyone's genetic identity. This knowledge will be a blessing -- and a curse.
By Alan H. Goldstein Nov 28, 2005
Pink? Blue? Take your pick
200 couples choose the gender of their babies in a study of why they'd want to.
Katharine Mieszkowski Oct 27, 2005
The Big Idea: Accelerated Bioremediation
Genetically engineering bacteria to eat our most toxic Superfund sites for dinner.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Oct 21, 2005
Just like a woman
Lawrence Summers was right about one thing: There are innate differences between males and females. And if we want everyone to succeed, we shouldn't dismiss them.
By Lorraine Dusky Mar 2, 2005
Decoding humanity, down to the last atom
Glyn Moody's "Digital Code of Life" tells the story of the bioinformatic revolution: The merging of computers and molecular biology.
By Andrew Leonard Mar 15, 2004
One vote for the new eugenics
Yes, genetics research can alleviate suffering. But in our consumerist, narcissistic society, it's ultimately about producing perfect people. Part 2 of "How I Decoded the Human Genome."
By John Sundman Oct 22, 2003
A mind of their own
In his compelling book "Nature via Nurture," Matt Ridley explains how genes don't serve as blueprints for behavior, but instead interact with the environment to create who we are.
By Kurt Kleiner Jun 19, 2003
Freak show
From a man with pig cells in his brain to an orphaned child with five parents, the new documentary "Bloodlines" explores how genetic engineering is already changing us.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Jun 10, 2003
Y are men necessary?
Two new books on genetics explore how the Y-chromosome divides males from females -- and ask whether male humans are headed for the biological dustbin.
By Gavin McNett Jun 5, 2003
Faster! Stronger! Less human!
In "Enough," Bill McKibben argues that genetic engineering will deprive our children of their freedom to choose who and what they are.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Apr 30, 2003
"Human beings, as currently constituted, are good enough"
Bill McKibben says that the brave new genetic world may give us better teeth and brains -- but it'll steal our souls.
By Ralph Brave Apr 30, 2003
National Genes, Inc.
Going once, going twice, gone! Estonia's gene pool has been sold to the bidder in the front row.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Mar 10, 2003
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