The ability to edit a genome as easily as cutting-and-pasting with a word processor is quickly becoming a world-changing, moneymaking technology. Just about every scientist working with agrees on that ...

The second-most shocking thing He Jiankui told the international genome editing summit in Hong Kong last November—right after announcing that twin girls had been born from embryos whose DNA he’d ...

When the gene-editing system known as CRISPR is used, DNA breaks occur fairly reliably, but not DNA repairs—specifically, the repairs that are supposed to insert synthetic donor DNA. But repairs may ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

RedShark replay: The process of editing has progressed from the physical cutting and splicing of film to the infinite possibilities of computer based non-linear editing. Is it time to change how we do ...

Once upon a time, I was a brand-new copy editor brimming with enthusiasm for my newly acquired editing knowledge. Like a lot of brand-new copy editors, I didn’t have much context for understanding the ...

Chaise longues — those reclining full-length chairs that beckon you to the beach — are making me nostalgic. Not for days when I had more free time and closer proximity to the ocean, but for days when ...