Trump Hasn’t Signed a Space Force Into Being—Yet
A brand-new sixth military branch lacks political support.
The Collapse of a $40 Million Nutrition Science Crusade
The Nutrition Science Initiative promised to study obesity and diabetes the right way. Now it’s broke, president-less, and all but gone.
The Collapse of a $40 Million Nutrition Science Crusade
The Nutrition Science Initiative promised to study obesity and diabetes the right way. Now it’s broke, president-less, and all but gone.
Inside a Chemist’s Quest to Hack Evolution and Cure Genetic Disease
David Liu is a scientific superhero on a mission to knock out genetic mutants.
All of Us and the Dream of a Research Diversity Crusader
The billion-dollar, 10-year All of Us initiative promises to sequence and study the health of 1 million Americans. But will they represent the diversity of the country's population?
Crispr Fans Fight for Egalitarian Access to Gene Editing
The applications of gene editing tech will be shaped by the values of the societies that wield it.
A Blood-Based Cancer Test Gets Its First Results
The biotech unicorn Grail just gave its first look at how its sequencing-based cancer test prototypes are performing.
The Key to Cracking Cold Cases Might Be Genealogy Sites
A forensic DNA firm that works with law enforcement says it has uploaded 100 files to GEDmatch, the site that helped identify the alleged Golden State Killer.
23andMe Is Suing Ancestry Over Some Pretty Ancient IP
And the outcome of the case could reshape the genetic genealogy testing industry.
Maybe DNA Can’t Answer All Our Questions About Heredity
Carl Zimmer's new book _She Has Her Mother’s Laugh_ is a book about the question genetics was invented to answer—and perhaps can't.