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Five designer chromosomes bring synthetic life a step closer

An international effort to build a carefully edited version of the yeast genome from scratch has reached a milestone by completing five more of 16 chromosomes

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Neanderthals sat round a campfire with bits of meat hanging up in the foreground

Humans

Neanderthals may have medicated with penicillin and painkillers

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action during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group C match between England and Algeria

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Try these simple mental tests to see if you're a good athlete

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Cholesterol crystals

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Injection could permanently lower cholesterol by changing DNA

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Humans

Super-you: Train your brain to beat the inbuilt fear factory

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The world in 2076: Genetically engineered people are everywhere

Humans

The world in 2076: Genetically engineered people are everywhere

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The world in 2076: Human-made life forms walk the earth

Life

The world in 2076: Human-made life forms walk the earth

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Humans have purged the bad genes from our Neanderthal hook-ups

Humans

Humans have purged the bad genes from our Neanderthal hook-ups

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Every human culture includes cooking – this is how it began

Humans

Every human culture includes cooking – this is how it began

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Death: A special report on the inevitable

Humans

Death: A special report on the inevitable

The only certain thing in life is that it will one day end. That knowledge is perhaps the defining feature of the human condition.

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$100 million project to make intelligence-boosting brain implant

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Life

Mice’s love songs go wrong when ‘language gene’ is messed up

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Life

Required: A moral vision for gene editing

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Primate labs give us an edge, says China's brain project chief

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