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A US soldier with Apache Company of Task Force 3-66 Armor, out of Grafenwoehr, Germany, stands guard at a police checkpoint at Gulruddin pass in Sar Hawza district of Paktika province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2011.
Afghanistan
US biometric devices are in the hands of the Taliban. They could be used to target Afghans who helped coalition forces.
A hand pours liquid into a tube in a medical lab
Health & Medicine
Environmental DNA: How a tool used to detect endangered wildlife ended up helping fight the COVID-19 pandemic
Embryos in a dish
Science
Walter Isaacson on how gene editing will change lives
Scientist speaks at a podium.
China halts gene editing research after international condemnation of scientist’s claims
An illustration of small pieces of DNA at precise areas along a DNA strand
Commentary
The first genome edited babies are here. What happens next?
Indian startup entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to potential investors at the Startup Warehouse in Bangalore
Prepare to be Bangalore-d: India’s rising challenger to Silicon Valley
Full Episode
Researchers, seen through a window, work at Cuba's Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Havana, 2015.
Science
How a Communist island nation became a biotech powerhouse
e. coli bacteria
Science
Scientists have engineered a bacteria with a genetic ‘kill switch’
Global Scan
A new study identifies a promising technique to reverse male infertility. And it involves mice
Global Scan
A new study identifies a promising technique to reverse male infertility. And it involves mice
Environment
Brazilians welcome genetically-modified mosquito to help fight dengue fever
Compensation Finally Comes to Family of Henrietta Lacks
Environment
Study finds health issues with pigs consuming genetically modified foods
Arts, Culture & Media
Author argues U.S. must lead way on bioengineering
Environment
At Greek winery, signs of economic crisis are few and far between
Once the province of whites, Black South Africans embracing wine
Environment
Kosovo trying to cultivate reputation as a burgeoning wine making location
Health & Medicine
Genetically tailored virus may cure leukemia
Health & Medicine
Fraudulent stem cell claims worry scientists
Environment
Beer mystery solved: A yeast voyage and the birth of lager
Health & Medicine
China competes in stem cell research
Environment
President Obama lifts ban on stem cell funding
The next trendy wine destination: Kosovo?
Health & Medicine
Stem cell research advances
Genetically Engineering Glowing Plants
Health & Medicine
Jasper: The Dog Who’s Walking Again After Cell Therapy
Chemicals That Make You Fat
Health & Medicine
Stem Cells Restore Sight in India
Global Politics
Greg Stock: Redesigning Humans
Genetically Modified Foods on the Defensive
Europe and Bio-Tech Foods
Europe and Bio-Tech Foods
A Return to Old-Fashioned Milk Production?
Monsanto Ads
Meals for Microbes
FDA Puts Transgenic Fish on the Scales
Judging Biotech Seeds
Emerging Science Note/Getting to the Root of the Problem
Genes For Sale
Note on Emerging Science
Emerging Science Note/GM Experiments
Almanac/Oncomouse
Cloning
Flavr Savr
Rice Futures
The Latest Debate Over Genetically-Modified Foods
Environment
Changing the federal policy on stem cells
Environment
Stem cell technique prevents organ rejection in windpipe transplant
Global Politics
Thinking outside the embryo
Health & Medicine
Polio vaccination effort in east Africa
Environment
Stem cell transplant surgery
Environment
Zimbabwe’s water woes
The World – Episode 20071120 – Possible stem cell breakthrough