A controversial new study shows how male rats can become pregnant and give birth
Scientists have debated whether the scientific progress justified the invasiveness of the procedure
The WHO has released new guidelines for genome editing technology
These recommendations will help improve the safety and access of genome-editing treatments
Google has shown that they don't actually care about ethical AI
AI algorithms are racist and sexist because these biases are baked into our society. We need to fix this
CRISPR technology for human gene editing is promising, but serious scientific and ethical concerns remain
Multiple sectors of society must be involved in the regulation and applications of CRISPR to medicine
Your anonymized data might not be as anonymous as you thought
A new study raises serious ethical and practical questions about data security
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Who decides when life begins? How do we define a disease? What kind of gene edits should be allowed?
Who has the answers to the questions posed by genetic modification?
The Next Human: Brain and Body as Connected Devices
Is there a difference if the tool is in our hand or if it is an implant in our brain?
Lab-grown meat could bring about the next agricultural revolution
Cultured meat would require less land, less water and potentially produce less greenhouse gases
Raising animals for meat creates lots of problems. Lab-grown meat could provide solutions
Cultured meat is the next step in a long history of alternatives to conventional meat
Why I refuse to do animal testing in my science career
Researchers must grapple with the tension between our curiosity and our duty
Should peer review stop being anonymous?
Prominent researchers can take the gamble, but junior scientists risk retribution
Henry Greely, bioethicist and attorney, on why genetic tech isn't so scary
'I probably wouldn’t regulate anything except possibly parents'
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Shrews change size with the seasons. Could we do it too?
The environmental case for smaller, more adaptive humans
People ask about my experiments on mice. The answers are … complicated
Behind most breakthroughs is animal research. Let's stop pretending otherwise
The science Nobel Prizes are sexist, racist, and misleading. Let's rethink them
We should be rewarding discoveries, not individuals