First ancient herpesvirus genomes document their deep history with humans

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...
Technology Networks

Single-Cell Technologies Are Redefining Our Understanding of Human Development

This article explores how single-cell multiomics and spatial transcriptomics are illuminating early pregnancy, uncovering ...
BioWorld

First phase of synthetic human genome project successfully completes

The first phase of the U.K. synthetic human genome project has successfully completed, realizing key steps in chromosome synthesis. The work has demonstrated a multistep method for transfecting mouse ...
BGR

The Largest Human Project Ever Just Entered Its Final Reactor Phase

In the heart of Provence, Southern France, the world's largest fusion energy experiment, which could be a step towards unlimited energy, has quietly entered perhaps the most critical stage yet. The ...
Live Science

What was the first human species?

Modern humans emerged roughly 300,000 years ago, but our genus Homo is much older. So what's the oldest human species on record? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
World Bank

Twelve Million Kenyans to Benefit from a New Social Protection Project Aimed at Strengthening Human Capital and Economic Inclusion

WASHINGTON, June 17, 2025 — The World Bank Board of Directors approved the Second Kenya Social and Economic Inclusion Project (KSEIP2) which will strengthen the country’s social protection systems and ...
The Texas Observer

In Abilene, Stargate Project Puts AI Boom Ahead of Human Health

The first data center in the Stargate project—a $500 billion artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure initiative backed by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank—is being built in a surprising location: ...
University of California

Twenty-five years after the human genome project, a new era is dawning

Twenty-five years ago today, on July 7, 2000, the world got its very first look at a human genome — the 3 billion letter code that controls how our bodies function. Posted online by a small team at ...
news.ucsc

Twenty-five years after the human genome project, a new era is dawning

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and open science that the Human Genome Project helped promote. Twenty-five ...
The Economist

A new project aims to synthesise a human chromosome

WHEN THE first draft of the DNA sequence that makes up the human genome was unveiled in 2000, America’s president at the time, Bill Clinton, announced that humankind was “learning the language with ...
Gizmodo

Scientists Launch Wild New Project to Build a Human Genome From Scratch

A team of UK-based researchers is going where no scientist has dared to go—writing artificial human DNA from scratch. They’re hoping the project will answer fundamental questions about the human ...