A Controversial Fertility Treatment Gets Its First Big Test
Although stalled in the US, a technique often called three-person IVF is gaining ground in Europe, where a pilot trial is now under way.
We Can Still Avoid a Repeat of Last Year’s Deadly Flu Season
It's peak flu season, and almost 10 million people across the US have already been sickened by the virus.
Antibiotics Are Failing Us. Crispr Is Our Glimmer of Hope
Antibiotics are still massively overprescribed, a new study shows. With no new drugs in sight, some scientists are turning to Crispr for a reboot.
A New Type of DNA Testing Is Entering Crime Investigations
Geneology is about to send a lot more people to jail.
The DRC’s Ebola Outbreak Is an End-of-Year Nightmare
A major election, holiday travel, and violent clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo are confounding all attempts to contain Ebola's spread.
Travel Across Antarctica in a Solar-Powered Plastic Rover
A Dutch couple is traversing Antarctica in their Solar Voyager, which they 3-D printed from upcycled plastic and power with 10 solar panels.
A Designer Seed Company Is Building a Farming Panopticon
Indigo Ag, known for its microbe-coated seeds, is acquiring geospatial data startup TellusLabs to use satellites to learn every last thing about its farmers’ fields.
Crispr Scandal: How Do You Publish a Scientific Villain’s Data?
The scientific community is at a loss over how, and whether, to publish the controversial gene-editing work of He Jiankui.
US Biotech Firms Made China’s Gene-Edited Babies Possible
Even Crispr babies have a global supply chain.
Rogue Scientist Says Another Crispr Pregnancy Is Underway
Chinese researcher He Jiankui, who earlier claimed to have gene-edited twin baby girls, now says there's another pregnancy with a Crispr'd embryo.