Gene editing is already revolutionising research in the laboratory
In the late 2010s eight macaque monkeys were born at a laboratory in Shanghai. At first they seemed much like the other infan...
Gene editing has arrived
In early 2005 Rodolphe Barrangou and Philippe Horvath were staring at some very odd bits of repeating genetic code on a compu...
Gene editing has put biological research on a new trajectory
In the late 2010s eight macaque monkeys were born at a laboratory in Shanghai. At first they seemed much like the other infan...
CRISPR cures face cost and safety concerns
FOR 20 YEARS Tamani Harris lived a life of pain. She was born with sickle-cell disease. Her red blood cells, made flat and st...
CRISPR could yet save millions of lives. Here’s how
FOR 20 YEARS Tamani Harris lived a life of pain. She was born with sickle-cell disease. Her red blood cells, made flat and st...
Why has the flu been so bad this year?
To read more of The Economist’s data journalism visit our Graphic detail page. AMERICA IS IN the throes of its worst flu seas...
Do better shoes help you run faster?
Modern competitive running entered a new era in 2016, when Nike began distributing a prototype trainer to elite runners. The ...
Is Putin’s brainwashing of Ukrainians into Russians even a crime?
When Russian tanks rolled into the town of Vovchansk in north-east Ukraine in February 2022, some of the locals knew what the...
Catch up:America refuses to rebuke Russia; shares in Alibaba surge
America reportedly refused to support a UN resolution that called Russia the aggressor in the war in Ukraine. According to Re...
Catch up:European leaders rally behind Zelensky; “suspected terror attack” in Israel
European leaders rallied behind Volodymyr Zelensky after Donald Trump called him “a dictator without elections” on Wednesday....