Working on a remote island, scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease — and do it in just a few months. But ...

Georgina Ferry is a UK science writer, biographer and author of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin: Patterns, Proteins and Peace. She is based in Oxford, UK. The US molecular biologist Maxine Singer made ...

Should we genetically modify wild lions? Of course not, might be your instant response. But what if lions were being wiped out by a devastating disease introduced by people? What if the genetic change ...