The rise of designer DNA: Yeast as a model organism
Researchers, including teams from the University of Manchester, have produced yeast with over 50% artificial genome
“The climate change hoax” – and other X threads
When 97% of scientists agree that climate change is caused by humans, what could sway people to go against them and call it a hoax? We took to X to find out
Silkworms, spider genes and bulletproof silk
Researchers in China have developed colonies of genetically modified silkworms which produce silk stronger than bullet-proof Kevlar. But why are spiders the real stars of the show? And what does this mean for us?