Science has come such a long way that it is now possible to rewrite a human embryo’s DNA, thereby changing a person’s genetic fate. The question has now become – is that morally and ethically […]
Tag: DNA
DNA Shows That London Was Ethnically Diverse Melting Pot From The Start
Anthropologists have recently discovered that London has been genetically diverse for thousands of years. London has largely been a place for people of different origins to gather, and this was true even thousands of years […]
California Law Allowing DNA Collection Of Arrestees Under Scrutiny
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), residents of California who have been arrested but not charged – much less convicted of a crime – have certain rights to the privacy of their genetic material. […]
Art Forgers Have Gotten So Good Researchers Have To Use DNA To Catch Them
Art forgery may have finally met its match, thanks to a new form of art authentication that uses synthetic encrypted DNA. Professional art authenticators have increasingly begun to refrain from endorsing authentic works for fear […]
California Has Secretly Been Harvesting The DNA Of All Newborns
The state of California is keeping the DNA of newborn babies in order to compile a statewide database. The state obtains this DNA from a heel prick that is designed to detect congenital disorders. Most […]
Special Forces Using High Tech Tools To ID Terrorists
Fingerprints are so 20th-century. When special forces operators are deep behind enemy lines in the middle of the night in Pakistan or Syria, they need to know who they’ve found and they need to know […]
Does Viral Ad Campaign Offer Scary Glimpse Into Our Future?
Every day in Hong Kong more than 16,000 tons of waste is dumped in the streets and public spaces. A new project from the Hong Kong Cleanup Challenge and ad agency Ogilvy & Mather Hong […]