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Are humans degenerating genetically and getting dumber as a result?

Are we evolving to be more stupid? Humans have a relatively high genetic mutation rate, which has been thought to be driving down our physical and mental fitness – but columnist Michael Le Page finds these mutations aren’t the health risk some make them out to be

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'Zombie' cells created by transplanting genomes into dead bacteria

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Can we genetically improve humans using George Church’s famous list?

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Gene-edited babies are the future – but these CRISPR start-ups aren’t

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Could the super-rich be cloning themselves? And why would they?

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A revolutionary way to map our bodies is helping cure deadly diseases

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A revolutionary way to map our bodies is helping cure deadly diseases

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Grafting trick could let us gene-edit a huge variety of plants

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A study partipant wearing the glasses and testing her reading after being fit with the retinal implant

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Eye implant and high-tech glasses restore vision lost to age

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Huntington’s disease breakthrough: what to know about the gene therapy

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The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds

From flexible implants to circuits seeded with living cells, a new kind of electronics is starting to produce long-lasting implants with the potential to help everything from paralysis to hearing and vision loss

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Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery smear campaign

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Vegan cheese could be about to get a lot closer to the real thing

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Glowing biological quantum sensor could track how cells form

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2024 review: The best new robots of the year

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