We've made some great strides in understanding the human genome, but before we can tackle genetic engineering, we have some ...

Technologies needed for tracing engineered biothreats back to their sources are advancing rapidly. Here are some ...

The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

Gene-edited crops are no safer than GMOs, and fast-tracking regulatory approval could trigger a costly backlash.

The IUCN vote holds no legal weight in any nation, but it is of huge symbolic, cultural and political importance. By ...

For the first time, KIT researchers managed to reduce the number of chromosomes in a plant by fusing two chromosomes. (Illustration: Michelle Rönspies ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

Hegseth Conscripts the Pentagon for Trump’s “Retribution Campaign” (Noah Robertson, Tara Copp and Sarah Ellison, Washington Post) In threatening to deploy the military justice system against Democrats ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases – the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

The series exposes the enduring legacies of colonialism in African food systems, challenges corporate-driven narratives, and ...

More than half of Canadian households have at least one pet. Humans are eager to deepen their connection with animals but the current science of cloning and decoding animal communication doesn't bring ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their ...