As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically engineer crops to adapt to drought and other effects ...

Biology students at the University of Minnesota take a course in their very first semester in which they propose their own gene-based solution to a problem. Among the projects they have worked on was ...

There’s been a lot of talk lately in the news about genetic engineering (aka, genetic modification), about its promise and its pitfalls and everything in between, so it’s a concept we all better get ...

Editing genes in sperm, eggs and embryos is currently banned in the United States. The current effort by Preventive, a ...

A new UTEP course called “Monster-ology” will connect science and literary analysis through different media to help students ...

Bruno Bowden, a programmer-turned-angel-investor, doesn't have the answers, but he does want to start talking about these questions now, before the technology arrives in full force. "This is a very ...

A pioneer of one of RIT’s earliest study abroad programs and a founding member of the biotechnology and molecular bioscience program has retired. Professor Robert Rothman from the Thomas H. Gosnell ...

More precise than cross-breeding methods, genetic engineering provides the best shot at restoring the environmental and economic importance of the American chestnut. An estimated 3 billion to 6 ...

Slate is running running an interesting conversation about transhumanism, and the ethics of the same, between Kyle Munkittrick, Nicholas Agar, and Brad Allenby. I urge you to read the entries so far - ...

A pioneer of one of RIT’s earliest study abroad programs and a founding member of the biotechnology and molecular bioscience program has retired. Professor Robert Rothman from the Thomas H. Gosnell ...