How civilized is the civilized world?

Vinta Nanda insists that we, the so-called civilized people, talk about poverty, violence and exclusion.

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CRISPR: The Genetic Scissors Natural V/s Unnatural

CRISPR can help the cacao to become infection resistant and save it from extinction – so that we do not h...

An Insurance Policy to Save Trees from Extinction

The world is losing plants at an unprecedented rate. Trees may have to be grown in test tubes in the future as one in five ...

Pre-conception Health of Fathers Does Matters

There's no doubt that there's a lot to be concerned about for people who are trying to conceive. Even though pr...

Can we save the Northern White Rhino from Extinction?

The story of our interaction with the northern white rhino is one of the conservation movement’s saddest ...

Now Human Eggs Can Be Grown In A Lab

In a first of its kind study, scientists from the United States and the United Kingdom have revealed that they were able to grow human eggs ...

A Groundbreaking Report On Gene Editing Says We Shouldn't Create Enhanced Humans

An international group of experts engaged with the ethical and regulatory problems facing gene editing and came to a surprising conclusion. Gene editing for the purpose of ...

Powerful new technique reveals the mechanical environment of cells in their natural habitat, the living embryo

Whether building organs or maintaining healthy adult tissues, cells use biochemical and mechanical cues from their environment to make important decisions, such as becoming...

Is It Ethical To Grow Human Organs Inside Animal Chimeras?

Scientists are now working on a technique that would allow human organs to be grown inside pigs. The DNA within a pig embryo that enables it to grow a pancreas is deleted, ...