DNA

Using the CRISPR–Cas9 system, scientists can do much more than gene editing—they can boost gene transcription or use fluorescent proteins to paint and track a chromosome. In this Nature Video animation, several innovative uses for CRISPR are outlined and explained. 

This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on October 31, 2017. It is a Nature Video production.

Tamed cats spread across the globe beginning almost 10,000 years ago, becoming the rodent-killing helpers of early farmers, mariners and Vikings.

This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on June 19, 2017. It is a Nature Video production.

The fruity with a hint of double helix assertion is not backed by strong science

The controversial requirement would require 3.5 million people to submit samples to a new government database

Paleogenetics confirm that the cave lion was a species all its own

A warming climate and humans acted as a one-two punch

Five intriguing discoveries and recent news items 

DNA origami—the art of folding DNA—has expanded hugely in the 10 years since its conception. Nature Video finds out how you can fold DNA into robots.

This article was reproduced with permission and was first published on March 18, 2016. It is a Nature Video production.

A federal task force should look seriously at investing in genomic methods that allow the simultaneous study of multiple genes

Editor's Note: "Along the Tiger's Trail" is a  series about the efforts to monitor tigers and their prey in the Malenad landscape in southwestern India that harbors one of the world's largest population of wild tigers.

It's a sad fact that as members of a species become rarer they tend to suffer from inbreeding. This lack of genetic diversity can lead to birth defects and other problems, making a species even more endangered as time progresses.

Scientists sequenced genetic material found in all 468 New York City subway stations, and nearly half matched no known organism. Christopher Intagliata reports