Designer babies have been discussed as a possibility for decades. With the recent advancement to genome editing technology referred to as "CRISPR", the discussions about the ethics of have been amplified. This is because CRISPR has reduced hurdles to human genome editing in terms of cost and technical ease. Three days ago, the following video … Continue reading Under-the-Radar Human Evolution
Category: Evolution
Great Ape Father Figures
For Evolution https://youtu.be/pYrj-3kMUHw Show notes from this video on YouTube: "At the Senkwekwe Center for mountain gorilla orphans in Congo, a handful of Virunga National Park rangers live around the clock with four juveniles whose parents were killed. The rangers see their families only every few weeks and are very close to their charges. Chief … Continue reading Great Ape Father Figures
Biology from an Engineering Perspective
For Evolution Chapter 8 of The Tangled Bank discusses evolutionary adaptations that came about due to different types of mutation. First, if genes are duplicated within a genome, the copies might come under the control of a new promoter. This could change the rules about when and how much a gene is expressed. Second, gene … Continue reading Biology from an Engineering Perspective
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