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Cambridge biologists recreated a bacterial genome from scratch, breeding E. coli with the artificial genetic code instead of natural DNA.

Scientists Created This Organism’s DNA From Scratch

By Dan Robitzski

Plastic pollutants in the ocean can stunt the growth of a certain bacteria responsible for pumping the atmosphere full of oxygen, according to a new study.

Plastic Is Killing the Bacteria That Make 10% of Earth’s Oxygen

By Dan Robitzski

Science writer Philip Ball donated some arm flesh to a lab that grew a miniature brain out of his cells. It made him question how we define humanity.

A Lab Grew a “Mini Brain” From This Guy’s Cells. Then Things Got Weird.

By Dan Robitzski

Cornell scientists discovered a bacterial gene that makes them resistant to last-resort antibiotics. They hope it will help doctors screen for superbugs.

Sneaky Bacteria Can Swap Genes, Making Them Immune to Antibiotics

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists Plan to 3D Print Muscular Tissue on the Space Station

Scientists Plan to 3D Print Muscular Tissue on the Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

Using a powerful supercomputer, scientists simulated every single one of the billion atoms found in a human gene. It may help them crack genetic disease.

Scientists Simulated Every Single Atom of a Single Gene

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are using CRISPR technology to develop new model organisms. But actually keeping the gene-hacked critters alive comes with new challenges.

Scientists Are Having Trouble Keeping Gene-Hacked Creatures Alive

By Dan Robitzski

A new biomaterial exhibits metabolism-like behaviors. It appears in some ways to act like a living thing, blurring the line between biology and machinery.

Scientists Create Material With “Artificial Metabolism”

By Dan Robitzski

Siberian scientists conducted an autopsy of a 42,000-year-old foal of an extinct horse, and found that it's so well-preserved they may be able to clone it.

Scientists Plan to Clone Extinct Horse Using 42,000-Year-Old Blood

By Dan Robitzski

A father and son team was just charged with fraud and concealing a crime for their six-year black market operation where they sold human body parts.

Family Caught Selling Diseased Body Parts to Medical Centers

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, scientists used CRISPR to gene-edit lizards, uncovering techniques that could lead to new medical treatments for humans.

Scientists Gene-Hacked Lizards to Make Them Albino

By Dan Robitzski

By getting them to absorb metallic nanomaterials, scientists figured out how to make cyborg plants that may be able to survive out in space.

Scientists Say New Cyborg Plants Could Someday Grow on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Instead of cutting a person open, future surgeries could be done by shocking cartilage until it's malleable and reshaping it with molds.

New Technique Alters Your Facial Appearance Without Surgery

By Dan Robitzski

A new genetic trick allowed researchers to use bacteria to manufacture super-strong spider silk faster than spiders do themselves.

Scientists Gene-Hacked Bacteria to Make Bullet-Proof Spider Silk

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that human brains continue to grow new neurons after birth, tipping the scales of a decades-long scientific debate.

New Study Suggests Adult Brains Might Grow New Neurons

By Dan Robitzski

The World Health Organization called for a public registry for all human gene-editing research to prevent any more debacles like that caused by He Jiankui

United Nations Calls for Registry of Human Gene-Editing Projects

By Dan Robitzski

A new antimicrobial coating kept bacteria from growing on the International Space Station's door, which could protect immune-compromised astronauts.

International Space Station

Scientists’ New Goal: Make the ISS Bathroom Less Disgusting

By Dan Robitzski

A new study found that some humans possess the ability to detect Earth's magnetism. We don't know why or how, but scientists think it's vestigial.

“Provocative” Research: Some People Can Sense Magnetic Fields

By Dan Robitzski

Facing stricter restrictions on their gene-editing research from the FDA, some scientists are packing up their labs and leaving the U.S.

Scientists Are Fleeing America’s Rules About Gene-Editing Animals

By Dan Robitzski

A new gene therapy tested on mice can treat a specific kind of congenital deafness by repairing a faulty inner-ear protein.

Scientists Used Gene Therapy to Cure Deafness in Mice

By Dan Robitzski

New research that grew new mouse toes took an important step towards the ability to regenerate mammalian limbs after amputation.

A New Cocktail of Proteins Makes Mice Regenerate Toes Like Lizards

By Dan Robitzski

Stanford University is currently investigating three scientists who either knew about or were involved in He Jiankui's infamous CRISPR baby research.

Stanford Probes Faculty Who Knew About Gene-Hacked Chinese Babies

By Dan Robitzski

An international team of neuroscientists just found four distinction patterns of brain activity that they say are responsible for consciousness.

Scientists Claim to Find “Neurological Signature” of Consciousness

By Dan Robitzski

Self-Propelling Pills Could Mean The End of Needle Vaccines

Self-Propelling Pills Could Mean The End of Needle Vaccines

By Dan Robitzski

Family Tree DNA, recently celebrated as the most privacy-minded consumer genetic testing company, is now granting database access to the FBI.

This DNA Testing Company Gave Its Data to the FBI

By Dan Robitzski

The ongoing government shutdown is causing dire effects on biological research, as furloughed scientists struggle to keep their research subjects alive.

Government Shutdown Could Have Lasting Impacts on Scientific Progress

By Dan Robitzski

A sleeping woman on a sofa who may have taken sleeping pills to aid her slumber

A New Class of Drugs Could Make Safer Sleeping Pills

A new virtual reality simulation built by Cambridge University scientists gives a high-resolution detail view into the cells of a breast cancer tumor.

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Tumors Could Help Lead to New Cancer Treatments

By Dan Robitzski

When scientists finally build quantum computers, they'll make quick work of current cybersecurity. But using biological systems for security may stump them.

New Encryption Is Based on the Random Movement of Living Cells

By Dan Robitzski

A new swarm of robots inspired by biological cells can communicate with each other to autonomously create new structures and shapes.

Bio-Inspired Swarm Robots Can Form Structures Without a Blueprint

By Dan Robitzski

The first lab-grown placenta has remained stable for a year. Doctors hope it can better explain and help prevent first-trimester pregnancy complications.

The First Lab-Grown Placenta Unlocks Brand New Medical Research

By Dan Robitzski

A retroactive look at a two year old study suggests that a type of photosynthetic bacteria interacted with individual photons at the quantum scale.

Scientists May Have Put Microbes in a State of Quantum Entanglement

By Dan Robitzski

A Toronto startup figured out how to get bacteria to turn food waste into biodegradable plastics. If it scales, it could prevent loads of methane emissions.

These Bacteria Digest Food Waste Into Biodegradable Plastic

By Dan Robitzski

By Turning Down 23andMe, Immigration Activists Are Actually Being Responsible About Genetic Privacy

By Turning Down 23andMe, Immigration Activists Are Actually Being Responsible About Genetic Privacy

By Dan Robitzski

Lab-Grown Neanderthal Minibrains Reveal How They’re Different From Humans’

Lab-Grown Neanderthal Minibrains Reveal How They’re Different From Humans’

By Dan Robitzski

New Jelly-Like Neural Implant Eliminates the Need to Drill Through the Brain

New Jelly-Like Neural Implant Eliminates the Need to Drill Through the Brain

By Dan Robitzski

Cute, Brainless, Self-Propelled Robots Could Someday Move Around Inside Animals

Cute, Brainless, Self-Propelled Robots Could Someday Move Around Inside Animals

By Dan Robitzski

Gene-Editing Technology Is About To Affect Your Shopping Cart

Gene-Editing Technology Is About To Affect Your Shopping Cart

By Dan Robitzski

Brain Scans Of Stressed Pilots Uncover A Big Problem With How We Do Science

Brain Scans Of Stressed Pilots Uncover A Big Problem With How We Do Science

By Dan Robitzski

Robots Can Grow Humanoid Mini-Organs From Stem Cells Faster And Better Than People

Robots Can Grow Humanoid Mini-Organs From Stem Cells Faster And Better Than People

By Dan Robitzski

Robo-Bees Can Infiltrate and Influence Insect Societies To Stop Them From Going Extinct

Robo-Bees Can Infiltrate and Influence Insect Societies To Stop Them From Going Extinct

By Dan Robitzski

Predators That Used To Be Threatened Are Expanding Back Into Their Old Habitats

Predators That Used To Be Threatened Are Expanding Back Into Their Old Habitats

By Dan Robitzski

Cheap Drug Breathalyzers Are On The Way, If We Can Figure Out How To Use Them

Cheap Drug Breathalyzers Are On The Way, If We Can Figure Out How To Use Them

By Dan Robitzski

AI Created Complete 3D Models Of Cells So Doctors See How Diseases Change Them

AI Created Complete 3D Models Of Cells So Doctors See How Diseases Change Them

By Dan Robitzski

To Help The Body Fight Chronic Disease, Scientists Learn To Decode Brain Signals

To Help The Body Fight Chronic Disease, Scientists Learn To Decode Brain Signals

By Dan Robitzski

Encrypted Genomic Data Means People Can Participate in Research Without Sacrificing Privacy

Encrypted Genomic Data Means People Can Participate in Research Without Sacrificing Privacy

By Dan Robitzski

To Understand Why Animals Behave The Way They Do, Scientists Need AI

Neuroscience and Brain

To Understand Why Animals Behave The Way They Do, Scientists Need AI

By Dan Robitzski

Forcing Elite Female Athletes To Medicate Isn’t The Way To Make Sports More Equal

Forcing Elite Female Athletes To Medicate Isn’t The Way To Make Sports More Equal

By Dan Robitzski

Forget High-Tech Watches; Future Spies May Carry Chemical Passwords On Napkins

Forget High-Tech Watches; Future Spies May Carry Chemical Passwords On Napkins

By Dan Robitzski

Plan to Create a Genetic Rolodex of Life on Earth Could Save Lives

Plan to Create a Genetic Rolodex of Life on Earth Could Save Lives

By Kristin Houser

There May Soon Be A New Vaccine To Combat Addiction To Bath Salts

There May Soon Be A New Vaccine To Combat Addiction To Bath Salts

By Dan Robitzski

The World’s Rivers Are All Backed Up, Leaving Fish With No Place To Go

The World’s Rivers Are All Backed Up, Leaving Fish With No Place To Go

By Dan Robitzski

A Moss Can Naturally Clean Harmful Arsenic From Water

A Moss Can Naturally Clean Harmful Arsenic From Water

By Dan Robitzski

Syphilis Google Searches Help Public Health Officials Predict New Cases

Syphilis Google Searches Help Public Health Officials Predict New Cases

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists Who Stick Needles in Brains Curious About What Needles Do to Brains

Scientists Who Stick Needles in Brains Curious About What Needles Do to Brains

By Dan Robitzski

anti-aging mice blood cognition

Study Explains “Fountain of Youth” Effect of Young Blood on Old Mice

By Chelsea Gohd

Masters of Our DNA: Designer Bodies Are Not Science Fiction

Masters of Our DNA: Designer Bodies Are Not Science Fiction

By Jolene Creighton

Researchers Have Mapped Out How Plants Sense Our World

Researchers Have Mapped Out How Plants Sense Our World

By Christianna Reedy

Eight “Facts” about the Human Body Debunked by Science

Eight “Facts” about the Human Body Debunked by Science

By Kristin Houser

Scientists May Have Found the Chemical Compound That Started Life

Scientists May Have Found the Chemical Compound That Started Life

By Chelsea Gohd

Reprogramming an Organism’s Mating Habits Could Create a Safer Future

Reprogramming an Organism’s Mating Habits Could Create a Safer Future

We’ll Soon Be Able to Grow Human Organs From Pig Organs

We’ll Soon Be Able to Grow Human Organs From Pig Organs

By Chelsea Gohd

mycobiome space habitat nasa

NASA: Understanding Fungi is Necessary to Keep Humans Safe While Exploring Space

For the First Time Ever, Researchers Produced Lab-Grown Blood Stem Cells

For the First Time Ever, Researchers Produced Lab-Grown Blood Stem Cells