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Gene editing: Is humanity ready to rewrite the book of life?

adminMay 8, 202508 mins

Gene editing is like Prometheus handing humanity the genetic matchstick—except this time, instead of fire, we’re toying with the instruction manual of life. It all started innocently enough, back in the 1970s, when scientists like Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen created recombinant DNA, enabling direct gene manipulation across species barriers. The 1980s saw the first…

What does a woolly mammoth have in common with Mars? Nothing, except neither will solve Earth’s problems

adminMarch 14, 202509 mins

But that project—along with Elon Musk’s obsession with establishing a colony on Mars—makes me wonder: Wouldn’t the enthusiasm and resources be better devoted to protecting the animals and planet we already have? Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based startup, provided details in a paper earlier this month, which hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed. Each mammouse—forgive me—had seven genes…