504 Results From "genomics"

Researchers have found that human stem cells are constantly under stress in the microgravity of space, activating the "dark genome."
Genetics

When Astronauts Enter Space, a “Dark Genome” Activates in Their DNA

By Victor Tangermann

As Nature reports, consumer-genomics company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy — and legal permission to auction off all of that data.
Gene Editing

23andMe Is Selling All Your Data, in Largest Sale of Genomes in History

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of botanists just discovered the largest genome ever sequenced — in an itty-bitty Pacific fern.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Teeny Tiny Plant With the Largest Genome Ever Sequenced

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A group of scientists in the United Kingdom are making synthetic human DNA from scratch in a world's first.
DNA

Scientists Playing God are Building Human DNA From the Ground Up

By Sharon Adarlo

The viruses had their DNA written by an AI model and are already wreaking havoc on bacteria in the real world.
Viruses

Scientists Printed Viruses Designed by AI and They’re Successfully Reproducing

By Frank Landymore

New research suggests that DNA sequences historically considered to be "junk" have had an overlooked role in gene expression this whole time.
DNA

Scientists Find Secret Code in Human DNA

By Frank Landymore

The consumer-genomics company 23andMe just sold its biobank of customer genetic data to drugmaker Regeneron for $256 million.
DNA

Bankrupt 23andMe Just Sold Off All Your DNA Data

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new study from Oxford University shows that humans and Neanderthals most likely kissed each other back in the distant past.
Evolution

Scientists Find Evidence That Humans Made Out With Non-Human Creatures

By Sharon Adarlo

Colossal Sciences, a self-branded "de-extinction" company, has rallied another significant amount of funding and has completed sequencing a dodo genome.
Science & Energy

Startup Backed By “Jurassic World” Producer Says It Will Revive Extinct Dodo Using Complete Genome

By Frank Landymore

An Austin eugenics startup apparently counts billionaire Elon Musk and his girlfriend, Neuralink director Shivon Zilis, among its clients.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Using Eugenics Startup to Inspect DNA of Potential Babies for Intelligence

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Gen Z entrepreneur with a passion for eugenics has launched an app that allows prospective parents to rank which embryos they want.
Developments

Genetics Startup Advertises App-Based Eugenics Service for Parents to Select “Smartest” Embryos

By Noor Al-Sibai

A project claims it will make leather from lab-grown T-Rex skin, providing a "cruelty-free" alternative for making goods like luxury purses.
Science & Energy

Project Says It’s Recreating Dinosaur Skin to Make T-Rex Leather, But Is It Really?

By Frank Landymore

After scientists showed that AI can design a working virus, it's time to address the obvious: what if it's also used to make bioweapons?
Developments

Experts Alarmed That AI Is Now Producing Functional Viruses

By Frank Landymore

Scientists in America and Europe have discovered one remarkable organism in California: an amoeba that can survive extreme temperatures.
Biology

Scientists Impressed by “Fire Amoeba” That Can Survive Incredible Temperatures

By Sharon Adarlo

Until now, scientists didn't know what exactly made pee yellow — and the answer seems to be situated a bit north of the bladder after all.
Studies

Scientists Have Been Studying Your Pee and They Finally Have Answers

By Noor Al-Sibai

Heliospect Genomics is charging parents tens of thousands of dollars to "screen" human embryos in IVF for IQ levels. Does it work? Unclear.
Gene Editing

Super-Expensive Startup “Screening” Parents’ Embryos for IQ

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The consumer genome sequencing company 23andMe is a sinking ship – and their CEO is on the deck, playing the violin.
Gene Editing

23andMe CEO Says Company Is Doing Fine Despite Losing 93% of Stock Value

By Noor Al-Sibai

Student scientists have developed an incredible new way to synthesize drugs on plants — and they're using Ozempic as their test case.
RX and Medicine

Students Concoct Ingenious Scheme To Grow Ozempic At Home

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA announced that it was forced to postpone a January 8 spacewalk, citing a "medical concern." Many questions remain.
International Space Station

Astronaut on Space Station Suffers Medical Issue

By Victor Tangermann

A former Thiel fellow has launched a startup allowing parents to pick which embryos they want to incubate based on which has the best genes.
Gene Editing

Startup That Selects Embryos with Good Genes Says It’s Not Doing Eugenics

By Noor Al-Sibai

Latest

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo