Congress Revives Ban on Altering the DNA of Human Embryos Used for Pregnancies
Some scientists had called for lifting the ban to allow the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to evaluate the new technologies
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Era of the Body Snatchers
In New York in the early 1900s, race and poverty intersected to help determine whose cadavers ended up on med students’ dissecting tables
The Not So Dead Sea: Traces of Ancient Bacteria Found in the Lake's Sediments
A new finding points to possible life in other extreme environments, including on ancient Mars
Preserved Poop Is an Archaeological Treasure
Anthropologists found parasite eggs in ancient poop samples, providing a glimpse of human health as hunter-gatherers transitioned to settlements. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Urgent Climate Action Could Prevent Many Heat-Related Deaths
Extreme hot temperatures will kill thousands in major U.S. cities unless new policies manage to limit warming
A New Approach to Addiction Treatment
We need to create learning laboratories where researchers interact directly with patients
As Renewable Energy Subsidies Expire, Experts Advocate Tax Credits
The credits could target all low-carbon electricity generation instead of solely wind and solar
Is $2.1 Million Too Much for a Drug? For Affected Parents, There Is No Debate
Similarly effective drugs in the pipeline will also be gauged against their enormous price tags
Climate Change Is a Fourfold Tragedy
The “tragedy of the commons” is only one of them
Ending in 2020, NASA's Infrared Spitzer Mission Leaves a Gap in Astronomy
Delays to the James Webb Space Telescope will result in at least a yearlong hiatus in space-based infrared observations
