An executive order critiques the idea that race is a human invention. But that's exactly what modern science supports.

The genetic engineering of human beings has been a dream and a nightmare since scientists first speculated about it a century ago. Futurists and transhumanists have long thought that genetic ...

As genetics allows us to turn the tide on human disease, it's also granting the power to engineer desirable traits into humans. What limits should we create as this technology develops?

However, a “trellis” model might be more appropriate. Aa Aa Aa The study of human genetics has added a new layer of evidence to the story of how human beings evolved and migrated on Earth.

This allows researchers to trace waves of human populations as they spread throughout the world -- particularly in Eurasia, where most of this type of genetic sequencing has been happening ...