It's widely known that regular exercise has metabolic and cardiovascular benefits, but until recently scientists weren't exactly sur...

A team of University of Michigan scientists have discovered how a gene's action may help explain why restricting diet lengthens life in ...

Trouble brewing: The FDA is looking to put its paws on the nascent direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing industry. The Association feels ...

Just added this to my ever growing must-read list: Choosing Tomorrow's Children: The Ethics of Selective Reproduction by Stephen Wilkin...

Noting the tenth anniversary of the reading of the human genome , The Economist issues a call to action, but not without warning: Humanity’...

Kyle Munkittrick has penned a nice little retraction to Mark Gubrud's suggestion that transhumanism won’t work because mind uploading i...

There's a good transhumanist-themed article by Rebecca Sato at The Daily Galaxy (which I highly recommend). Sato wonders if it would b...

"...a web-based service that helps you read and understand your DNA. After providing a saliva sample using an at-home kit, you can use ...

Genomes can be nasty. All they care about is self-replication, an agenda that often leads to some very strange and not-so-nice reproductive ...