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Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Science & Nature

Dog Cloning: Controversial and Downright Creepy

by Krista Stevens August 8, 2018October 19, 2022

A clone is not a clone, it’s a twin born at a different time — one that is only ever about 85 percent the same as the original.

Posted inNonfiction, Story

Science, Chance, and Emotion with Real Cosima

by Maud Newton June 24, 2015October 19, 2022

Through her work on clone-thriller Orphan Black, science consultant Cosima Herter has helped open our eyes to the possibilities and perils of synthetic biology and the pursuit of genetic perfection.

Posted inNonfiction

Science, Chance, and Emotion with Real Cosima

by Maud Newton June 24, 2015October 19, 2022

Through her work on clone-thriller Orphan Black, science consultant Cosima Herter has helped open our eyes to the possibilities and perils of synthetic biology and the pursuit of genetic perfection.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

It’s 1969 And This Is Robert Lanza’s First Time Experimenting with Embryos.

by juliawick September 3, 2014October 19, 2022

His best friend’s mom laughed when Lanza told her he wanted to become a doctor. “You’d probably make a very good carpenter,” she said. When Lanza announced his plan for the school science fair—he would alter a chicken’s genetics and turn it from white to black—his classmates giggled and his teacher said it was impossible. […]

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