genetics

Tech

A Bioethicist Argues for Engineering Babies That Will Have an Easy Life

07.05.16

By Richard Wordsworth
Tech

Hairy Humans and Scaly Lizards Have More in Common Than You Think

06.24.16

By Kate Lunau
Tech

A Psychologist Is Trying to Use Genetics to Predict If Therapy Will Work

06.24.16

By Stephen Buranyi
Health

Read An Excerpt of ‘How to Ruin Everything’ By George Watsky

06.11.16

By Nathalie Lagerfield
Tech

Neanderthal Inbreeding Made Some Humans Weaker Today

06.06.16

By Sarah Emerson
Health

Meet the 28-Year-Old Geneticist Fighting the Future of Superbugs

06.06.16

By Nathalie Lagerfield
Health

The Exciting and Terrifying Future of DNA Editing

05.31.16

By Cassandra Willyard
Health

The Exciting and Terrifying Future of DNA Editing

05.31.16

By Nathalie Lagerfield and Cassandra Willyard
Health

How Gene Testing Forced Me to Reveal My Private Health Information

05.27.16

By Jody Allard
Tech

New Research Helps Explain Why Giraffes Have Such Long Necks

05.17.16

By Kaleigh Rogers
Tech

New Stem Cell Discovery Could Boost Corn Crop Yields by an Astounding 50 Percent

05.16.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Canada’s Insurance Companies Want All Your Genetic Information

05.13.16

By Jordan Pearson

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Music

Remember When Rick Rubin Held a Surprisingly Star-Studded Fake Funeral Connected to His Pioneering Hip Hop Label?

From Reverend Al Sharpton officiating, to a New Orleans-style procession, to a repast at a bowling alley, no one holds a fake funeral like Rick Rubin.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

3 Psych-Rock Albums That Sound Just as Good Today as They Did in Their Prime

These wildly underrated psych-rock albums still hold up decades later.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

‘Uniboob’ Is an Actual Medical Condition. Here’s How It Happens.

Doctors call it “bread-loafing.” Make of that what you will.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

The 37% Rule Says This Is How Many People You Should Date Before Choosing One

Get enough experience to know what you actually want

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

If You Feel Guilty All the Time, You Probably Have a High IQ. Here’s Why.

Of course Freud is involved.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike