A mono-ethnic society allows culture to predominate fully. “Culture” is always ill-defined, but basically means a set of ...

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

Researchers at the University of College London recently undertook a massive study to better understand chimps. The team ...

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

The UK has officially launched the Synthetic Human Genome Project, a groundbreaking initiative, aiming to construct human DNA from scratch.

Trump’s aid cuts leave ‘critical’ Jane Goodall chimpanzee conservation project in crisis Foundation warns USAID’s withdrawal could have wider ecological consequences ...

When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

Round-the-clock infant care for a year. Nursing for up to five. An intense, time-consuming relationship that lasts more than a decade. Sound familiar? Like human moms, chimpanzees pour immense ...

Biological science has made such astonishing leaps in the last few decades, such as precise gene editing, that scientists are ...

The five-year “Hope Through Action” project, launched in November 2023 by the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), aimed to protect endangered chimpanzees and restore their habitats through ...

Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first.