Humans have been able to genetically alter the world around them for thousands of years. With the domestication of dogs at least 14,000 years ago, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been a ...

At a meeting of top conservation groups this week, a bioethics question took center stage: Should scientists be allowed to tinker with the genes of wild plants and animals? The tentative consensus so ...

Did you know that a creature as tiny as an ant taught architects better ways to keep skyscrapers cool? That the shape of a kingfisher's beak inspired the design for bullet trains? Or that the albedo ...

Engineering organisms in the lab is, well, hard work. Developing a yeast strain that produces a single chemical at high yield within the highly controlled lab environment can take years of work and ...