Articles

The importance of our relationship with nature is coming into increasingly sharp focus, with a little help from a scaly mammal.

Researchers and policy makers around the world struggle to lead human germ-line editing into the future.

Stanford neuroscientist William B. Hurlbut talks about his dealings with the Chinese researcher who created the world’s first gene-edited babies, and about the implications of that experiment.

With the world’s number-one virtual currency so much in the headlines and yet so little understood, it’s a good time to look at its origin, volatile price—and surprising environmental implications.

We explore several aspects of stem-cell research which have been discussed in recent publications and at two recent conferences held in San Francisco.