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To fight climate change, experts suggest gene-hacking plants and animals to cut emissions and better sequester carbon from the atmosphere.

Report: Gene-Hacking Plants and Animals Could Fight Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists developed a gene-hacked version of the fall armyworm, a notorious pest, that lays eggs that die off before hatching.

Scientists Gene-Hacked a Pest Caterpillar’s Eggs to Self-Destruct

By Dan Robitzski

A gene-hacking serum nullified two genes linked to heart health in monkeys. If it works in humans, it could mean a future with no heart disease.

A Shot of This Gene Editing Serum Appears to Prevent Heart Disease in Monkeys

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers managed to create the most thoroughly-intermixed human-mouse chimera hybrids to date, thanks to a weird stem cell-manipulating trick.

Scientists Are Creating Mouse-Human Hybrids

By Dan Robitzski

Geneticist Chris Mason has an unusual idea for helping future astronauts survive the trip to Mars: gene-hack them with tardigrade DNA that blocks radiation.

This Scientist Wants to Gene-Hack Hybrid Humans to Survive Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are learning more and more ways to gene-hack new traits into animals, including genetic alterations that could enhance their intelligence.

Fringe Idea: Should We Gene-Hack Animals to Make Them Smarter?

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists figured out how to breed hornless bulls by editing their genes, providing a painless alternative to horn-removing procedures.

Science & Energy

Scientists Use Gene-Hacking to Breed Hornless Bulls

By Dan Robitzski

Malakkar Vohryzek is trying to find scientists willing to use CRISPR to gene-hack away his extreme sensitivity to sunlight in hopes of avoiding skin cancer.

Sick Man Begs Doctors: Please CRISPR Me

By Dan Robitzski

Before his controversial gene-hacking research was condemned, He Jiankui wanted to open a designer baby clinic in China or Thailand.

Health & Medicine

That “CRISPR Baby” Scientist Wanted to Open a Designer Baby Clinic

By Dan Robitzski

A third CRISPR baby was expected to be due in late June or early July, but the Chinese government is keeping quiet about the gene-hacking controversy.

We May Never Know When That Third CRISPR Baby Is Born

By Dan Robitzski

Harvard geneticist George Church explains why he built a database of protective and harmful gene variations, and predicts how it could improve medicine.

Prosthetics and Devices

George Church Told Us Why He’s Listing Superhuman Gene Hacks

By Dan Robitzski

Harvard geneticist George Church has assembled a database of genetic mutations that could give people superhuman-like capabilities or medical benefits.

This Harvard Prof Is Listing Genes That Could Make You Superhuman

By Dan Robitzski

Those Gene-Hacked Babies May Be Doomed to Die Young

Those Gene-Hacked Babies May Be Doomed to Die Young

By Dan Robitzski

Cornell scientists developed a new type of gene-hacking technology that acts like a DNA "shredder." It could be used to cure diseases like herpes.

Health & Medicine

New CRISPR Tech Could Cure Herpes

By Dan Robitzski