Utz is a science communicator, public historian, and archivist, formerly at the National Human Genome Research Institute. I’d be willing to bet that most of the U.S. population above the age of 35 has ...

Humanity has never been fully satisfied with this side of the horizon. Our ancestors crested mountains and crossed oceans until our species filled every corner of the world. We invented machines for ...

J. Craig Venter, PhD, left, President Bill Clinton, and Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, The White House, June 26, 2000. [Mark Wilson/Newsmakers/Getty Images] The announcement of the first draft of the ...

Researchers have found that human stem cells are constantly under stress in the microgravity of space — activating hidden, ancient sections of DNA called the “dark genome.” In a study published in the ...

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a new study has found, furthering scientists’ understanding of the potential effects of space exploration on the human body. Stem cells are found ...

Spaceflight may make certain types of human stem cells age faster, a study suggests — but at least some of the damage may be reversible. Spending time aboard the International Space Station (ISS) ...

Human cells harbor ancient viral DNA that’s been dormant for millennia, but spaceflight just figured out how to wake it up. New research from UC San Diego reveals that human stem cells exposed to ...

Biological science has made such astonishing leaps in the last few decades, such as precise gene editing, that scientists are now tackling the next logical — yet inherently controversial — step: ...

Twenty-five years ago this week, President Bill Clinton stood before a podium in the East Room of the White House, and, in front of an all-star lineup of researchers and dignitaries, made a historic ...