Deanne Taylor is pushing researchers to prioritize children’s health, starting at a cellular level.

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The police-tech giant Flock is changing officers’ access to its nationwide network of license plate readers. The move comes ...

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Scientists have deliberately turned male mouse embryos into females for the first time. A team based in Japan used a CRISPR-based approach to remove the Y chromosome from male cells and create female ...

At stake in the ongoing patent dispute over the gene-editing tool are rights to the most important new biotechnology of the age and credit for inventing it. The CRISPR patents are back in play. On ...

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El Niño? Climate change? All of the above? This summer has been a scorcher for much of the Northern Hemisphere. June and July marked the hottest two-month stretch in Europe since record-keeping began.

The company is imposing new guardrails on its police tech after reports that officers are abusing it and cities are dropping contracts. But the changes leave glaring loopholes. The police-tech giant ...