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CRISPR Gene Drives and the Future of Evolution
Hannah Thomasy, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Genetic engineering pioneer Kevin Esvelt’s work highlights biotechnology’s immense potential for good—but also for catastrophe.
What Made Human Brains So Big?
Ashley Yeager
| May 24, 2018
| 2 min read
Ecological challenges such as finding food and creating fire may have led the organ to become abnormally large, a new computer model suggests.
Did Human Evolution Include a Semi-Aquatic Phase?
Peter Rhys-Evans
| Apr 1, 2020
| 3 min read
A recent book outlines fossil evidence supporting the controversial hypothesis.
Magnetic Swimmers Cultured
Tia Ghose
| Dec 22, 2011
| 3 min read
For the first time, researchers culture a bacteria that uses a magnetic sulfide compound to navigate.
Hot Off the Presses
Bob Grant
| Jul 1, 2016
| 3 min read
The Scientist
reviews
Serendipity, Complexity, The Human Superorgasism,
and
Love and Ruin
Engineering the Microbiome: CRISPR Leads the Way
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
45,000-Year-Old Human Remains Found in Bulgarian Cave
Jef Akst
| May 12, 2020
| 2 min read
A tooth and six bone fragments are the oldest confirmed
Homo sapiens
fossils in Europe.
Opinion: What Animals Can Teach Us About Fear
Daniel T. Blumstein
| Oct 1, 2020
| 3 min read
Fear binds us to our human and nonhuman ancestors. Understanding the emotion can help us grapple with challenges we face today.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant
| May 1, 2016
| 4 min read
Sorting the Beef from the Bull, Cheats and Deceits, A Sea of Glass,
and
Following the Wild Bees
The Gravity of Life
Rob Dunn
| Jun 1, 2011
| 3 min read
Whose well-being is threatened by our changing relationship with the myriad organisms that shaped the evolution of our species?
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