In a small plot in the Northern Territory, banana plants have thrived for almost a decade in soil that should kill them. According to those who have tried the fruit, they taste exactly like a banana ...

This week, members of the International Union of Conservation of Nature, one of the world’s largest conservation groups, voted against a moratorium on the release of genetically engineered species ...

Humans have become very good at altering the basic building blocks of life to their advantage. Genetically modified foods are available at most grocery stores. Researchers use gene-editing tools every ...

Vitamin D is known to be essential to many aspects of human health — but a new study suggests that taking a certain form of it can have a negative effect. The more potent and longer-lasting form, ...

The global conservation community is debating whether to ban the release of genetically modified organisms into the wild. Dozens of non-governmental organizations have called for a moratorium on field ...

A new study in the Journal of Hepatology reports on an auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig to a living human recipient. The patient survived for 171 days, offering ...

(WHTM) — There is no state budget yet, which is bad news for a lot of people, including those who don’t have enough to eat. Combine state funding uncertainty with SNAP funding uncertainty, and you ...

A Reddit user is questioning whether their unusual spice tolerance gave them an unfair advantage in a recent hot pepper-eating contest. On Wednesday, Sept. 10, the original poster, or OP, explained on ...

(CNN) — A genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man and functioned for nine days, according to a newly published report. There has been some recent success transplanting pig ...

University of Notre Dame Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics, and Democracy This story was produced by students in the University of Notre Dame's Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics, and ...