The future of corn on a hot planet
Crop scientists have been pushing up corn yields for decades. But the newer strains just can't stand the heat
View ArticleGenetically modified Ghana
A voice of caution on GMOs from the Vatican challenges biotech inroads into sub-Saharan Africa
View ArticleAttack of the cloned 4-H blue ribbon winners
At the Iowa State Fair, the future of cattle biotechnology wins a prize
View ArticleRobotic eye gives blind people the power of sight
New artificial retina technology is helping the blind achieve something akin to actual sight
View ArticleIs forced sterilization ever OK?
A U.K. court considers the question in the case of a mentally handicapped pregnant woman. An expert weighs in
View ArticleNew tracking technology knows when, where your eyes look
The prototype tracks vision, turning eyesight into an interactive element in PC use
View ArticleThe Geminoid DK robot digs into the uncanny valley
A new robot eerily mimics the facial expression of a Danish associate professor, goatee and all. Oh the humanity?
View Article"Darwin's Devices": Here come the robot fish
A scientist uses aquatic automatons to plumb the mysteries of evolution, intelligence and the future
View Article3-D printing's radical new world
The next generation of "Jetsons"-style machines could create guns, illegal keys, narcotics -- and even organs
View ArticleMagic and the machine
It is getting harder to distinguish reality from magic but alchemy cannot sustain us
View ArticleHey Monsanto, don't mess with my tomatoes' genes
The biotech industry is willing to tamper with our food supply, our kids' minds and our basic consumer rights
View ArticleHow the class of 2016 sees the world
Beloit College's Mindset List finds that the class of 2016 will never use plane tickets, and other strange truths
View ArticleBig story you missed: Scientists uncover DNA's inner workings
An international team of 442 scientists have made a tremendous leap in understanding human DNA
View ArticleMan with 'bionic' leg to climb Chicago's Willis Tower
He controls the prosthetic "with his thoughts"
View ArticleMonsanto doesn't want you to know what you're eating
The biotech industry is working to prevent mandatory labeling for foods with genetically engineered contents
View ArticleWhat the media gets wrong about GMOs
An Elle magazine piece on GM corn is riddled with half-truths about the health risks of bioengineered foods
View ArticleAnti-GMO protestors destroy rice field
Farmers in the Philippines are protesting genetically modified "Golden Rice"
View ArticleWe still don't know why we look like our parents
The relationship between inherited genes and resulting physical traits is more complicated that we'd like to think
View ArticleCan GMO trees save our forests?
Biotech experts weigh the environmental and social consequences of planting genetically modified pines and poplars
View ArticleThe Supreme Court won't stop Monsanto from suing farmers
A lawsuit would have protected farmers if their fields became inadvertently contaminated with patented seeds
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