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Brenna Henn had a long-term grant to study the genetic diversity of Africans and people of African descent. Then her N.I.H.

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Taking this class absolutely transformed what I thought about science and how I thought about myself as a student,” Nellie ...

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In 2020, Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, CRISPR-Cas9, a method for genome editing. Often referred to as “molecular scissors,” CRISPR cuts DNA at specific locations that ...

Andor J. Kiss does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging humans become more resilient? By Carl Zimmer For more than 1,000 years, the ...

CrunchLabs, the maker of STEM activity kits for kids founded by NASA engineer turned YouTube science communicator Mark Rober, has launched Class CrunchLabs, a collection of free standards-aligned ...

Seven years ago, I took a bet from one of the most controversial figures in the scientific world. Charles Murray, the political scientist who—along with the late psychologist Richard Herrnstein—wrote ...

A mid-60s year-old neighbor is convinced he only has a handful of years left to live. “My parents both died in their early 70s,” he often says. “My genetics are definitely against me.” While he might ...