Jurassic World Dominion Is a Sad, Desperate Nostalgia Trip
The original Jurassic Park is the best summer movie ever. The latest sequel just wants to remind you the original exists.
Gene Editing
Chinese Researchers Develop Gene-Edited Wheat That Resists Fungal Disease
Expect anti-biotech activists to oppose this important development.
Genetically Modified Pig Heart Successfully Transplanted Into a Patient
One step closer to solving the organ shortage crisis?
Genetically Modified Babies Are Ethically OK
A U.K. bioethicist makes the case for deploying CRISPR gene-editing to modify human embryos in the next two years.
E.U. Regulators Can't Detect the Gene-Edited Crops They Banned
The difference between two identical genes—one edited and the other a natural mutation—is entirely metaphysical.
The Case for Designer Babies
We already give our kids music lessons, braces, and tutoring. Why not also give them better genes?
Stossel: Don't Be Scared of Designer Babies
Gene-editing technology will eventually allow parents to alter their future offspring's intelligence, height, eye color, and more. And that's worth celebrating.
Gene-Edited Kids Can Be Safely Released into the Wild Human Gene Pool
Despite bioethical handwringing, they pose no special risks to future generations
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Break Up Monopoly Seed Companies
The presidential hopeful doesn't realize that government biotech crop regulation helped to create the monopoly in the first place.
Should We Be Worried About How Gene-Edited Kids Will Affect Future Generations?
A new international commission will consider the pros and cons of human genome editing.
Government-Enforced Eugenics Is Always Wrong
Parents, not bureaucrats, have the moral authority to decide whether to gene-edit prospective progeny.
Biohacking, CRISPR, and Genomic Freedom with Josiah Zayner
Tune in and participate in Reason's livestream interview tonight.
Is Gene-Editing Babies Now 'Monstrously Immoral'?
Flinging around such terms is not helpful and does not advance the debate.
First Genome-Edited Babies?
If it's safe, then it's ethical. No need for a global moratorium.
In Defense of "Designer Babies"
Why we should not let fears about inequality stand in the way of technological progress that could potentially make the next generation healthier, happier, and smarter.
Adventures in Home Biohacking with CRISPR
I made antibiotic-resistant E. coli in my kitchen, and the world didn't end.
Don't Overregulate CRISPR Genome Editing
"Governments should follow the principle of regulatory parsimony," two bioethicists argue.
CRISPR and the Dawn of the New Biotech Revolution
Cures for HIV/AIDS and specifically targeted antibiotics
Scientifically Absurd Proposed FDA Regulations on Genetically Improved Livestock Should Be Withdrawn Immediately
"If DNA is a drug, then all life on Earth is high."
Designer Babies and Human Enhancement: Ronald Bailey Lectures in Moscow
Also most babies will be created using skin cells and the bioethics of radical life extension
Mom and Dad and Mom Know Best
Three-parent babies are now possible. Congress should get out of the way.
Should the Government Stop You from Gene Editing Your Kids?
Ordering people to reproduce in only government approved ways is tyrannical and unethical.
Should You Be Allowed to Gene Edit Your Kids?: New at Reason
State mandated eugenics is always evil.