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Health

New techniques may soon make designer babies a reality – are we ready?

As tests that screen embryos for complex traits become available, it's time to decide how to use these ethically – and where to draw the line

Leader

babies

Health

Exclusive: A new test can predict IVF embryos' risk of having a low IQ

News

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Humans

The Galapagos of the Indian Ocean: Voyage to a forgotten paradise

Features

Livestock

Humans

Modern lifestyles shaped our evolution only a few thousand years ago

News

Titi monkeys

Life

An extinct monkey evolved to live like a sloth in the Caribbean

News

puppeteers

Life

The Wider Earth review – Darwin's Beagle days make a gripping play

Culture

Neanderthals were stockier than us, so needed more oxygen

Humans

Neanderthals may have powered their bigger bodies by breathing deeper

News

Orangutan mother and infant

Life

Orangutans are exceptionally good at keeping their infants alive

News

Pacific crickets on Moloka’i are singing a new tune

Life

Crickets rapidly evolve new mating call to evade their parasites

News

Early fish

Life

Crashing waves may have spurred the evolution of backbones

Backbones helped vertebrates conquer the oceans and move onto land. Now a study hints they may have evolved as protection against strong waves in shallow waters

News

Life

Review: The Tangled Tree and Lamarck's Revenge are genetic misfits

Culture

Mind

Your brain is like 100 billion mini-computers all working together

News

Mind

Your genes affect which university you go to but that’s no surprise

News

Video

Anjali Goswami: Digitising life from around the world

Video