CRISPR-based technology is advancing rapidly, driving international competition. Its promise to transform medicine is colliding with political and social realities, even as applications expand.

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Charles Hall, a former Air Force weather observer, claims he witnessed a secret alliance between the U.S. military and a mysterious extraterrestrial race known as the Tall Whites. Towering and pale, ...

I made a colossal mistake concerning my retirement. When I started working full-time at 18, I got a great benefits package, including the option to invest in a simple IRA. In addition to the 3 percent ...

Coronation Street's Tyrone is set to struggle in the coming months, with his injury storyline continuing, and putting a strain on his marriage to Fiz. Alan Halsall's character was left with ...

When Michael J. Fox signed on to star in a troubled production called “Back to the Future,” his co-star Lea Thompson—who would play his mother in the film—took a dim view of the choice. Mr. Fox, then ...

Imagine the impact of climate change is irreversible, and decades of flooding, famine, pandemics and war have upended life on earth. That world is explored in Ian McEwan's new novel, “What We Can Know ...

Dear Eric: My son is recently engaged to a fabulous woman. I love her dearly. She’s always addressed me as Mrs. [My Last Name]. I would like to pass the torch, per se, and tell her that she will soon ...

Thinking about science and technology in terms of return on investment misses the point. Here’s what kids really need to know. No lightsaber ever came to be, but I’ve been teaching undergraduates ...

American technologists have been telling educators to rapidly adopt their new inventions for over a century. In 1922, Thomas Edison declared that in the near future, all school textbooks would be ...

Justin Reich has received funding from Google, Microsoft, Apple, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Chan/Zuckerberg Initiative, the Hewlett Foundation, education publishers, and other ...