SYFY WIRE DNA 5,000 scientists are writing a genetic encyclopedia of everything! We're writing the story of life on Earth one nucleotide at a time. By Cassidy Ward 2 years ago Did the X-Men have a reason to evolve? Mutant DNA might not be so random Wolverine didn't happen by accident. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Could we delete diseases passed down through our DNA? CRISPR-Cas9 can now edit out hereditary diseases. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago That wild smell in the air at the zoo has animal DNA in it Every breath you take is awash in animal DNA, maybe best not to think about it too much. By Cassidy Ward 2 years ago Woolly mammoths were probably around much longer than we thought Woolly mammoths didn't go extinct when they vanished from the fossil record, but much later. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago There’s Neanderthal DNA in fossil dirt and now scientists know how to find it We're basically standing on a mountain of DNA that's hundreds of thousands of years old. By Cassidy Ward 2 years ago Hydras are the micro-monsters that won’t die because they regrow their heads Hydras have managed to achieve immortality by endlessly regenerating their cells, body parts, and even heads. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago No boys (or girls) allowed! Scientists gene edit their way to single-sex litters Scientists use CRISPR to birth animal litters which are 100% male or female By Cassidy Ward 2 years ago Transformers have nothing on DNA, which can morph to be one billionth of its size Kind of like Transformers, DNA strands can rearrange and turn themselves into much smaller chromosomes. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Scientists located the rockfish’s genetic fountain of youth Somebody tell Ponce de León. By Cassidy Ward 2 years ago SYFY WIRE | Page 5
5,000 scientists are writing a genetic encyclopedia of everything! We're writing the story of life on Earth one nucleotide at a time. By Cassidy Ward 2 years ago
Did the X-Men have a reason to evolve? Mutant DNA might not be so random Wolverine didn't happen by accident. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Could we delete diseases passed down through our DNA? CRISPR-Cas9 can now edit out hereditary diseases. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
That wild smell in the air at the zoo has animal DNA in it Every breath you take is awash in animal DNA, maybe best not to think about it too much. By Cassidy Ward 2 years ago
Woolly mammoths were probably around much longer than we thought Woolly mammoths didn't go extinct when they vanished from the fossil record, but much later. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
There’s Neanderthal DNA in fossil dirt and now scientists know how to find it We're basically standing on a mountain of DNA that's hundreds of thousands of years old. By Cassidy Ward 2 years ago
Hydras are the micro-monsters that won’t die because they regrow their heads Hydras have managed to achieve immortality by endlessly regenerating their cells, body parts, and even heads. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
No boys (or girls) allowed! Scientists gene edit their way to single-sex litters Scientists use CRISPR to birth animal litters which are 100% male or female By Cassidy Ward 2 years ago
Transformers have nothing on DNA, which can morph to be one billionth of its size Kind of like Transformers, DNA strands can rearrange and turn themselves into much smaller chromosomes. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Scientists located the rockfish’s genetic fountain of youth Somebody tell Ponce de León. By Cassidy Ward 2 years ago