The return of the long-extinct wooly mammoth or dodo bird may sound like a storyline straight out of science fiction. It’s not. Several de-extinction projects all share an ambitious aim to resurrect ...

Involving a collaboration with 118 investigators contributing from 89 institutions, scientists from Queen Mary University of ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change how we prevent disease, age, and define human potential. The same tools ...

A peer-reviewed study published in Science argues that the genetic contribution to human lifespan has been dramatically underestimated for decades. The research claims that once deaths from accidents, ...

Bigger, tastier tomatoes and eggplants could soon grace our dinner plates thanks to Johns Hopkins scientists who have discovered genes that control how large the fruits will grow. The research—led by ...

When scientist J. Craig Venter and his team announced in 2010 that they had created the first cell controlled by a fully ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dario Sabaghi covers the cannabis industry with a focus on Europe. A massive genetic study has found key genes linked to cannabis ...