How China Becomes Smarter: Through Education and Genetic Engineering

First, China decided to become a manufac... ...n making its people more intelligent by genetic-engineering : At BGI Shenzhen, s... ...and word of mouth, to contribute their genetic material to be sequenced so the genes f... ...if they...

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/03/17/How-China-Becomes-Smarter-Through-Education-and-Genetic-Engineering/

Genetically Modified Cows Produce Human Breast Milk

Cows that have been modified with human genes are producing milk very similar to human milk. The researchers responsible hope to produce and market a this product as a substitute for human milk. Lead researcher Ning Li...

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/05/genetically-modified-cows-produce-human-breast-milk/

Save the Planet, Eat an Enviropig...

You soon may able to help the environment by eatin... ...s are breeding pigs that could be among the first genetically modified farm animal to be approved for human con... ...er and cause huge damage to the ecosystem. The genetic modification enables these pigs to digest phospha...

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/05/save-the-planet-eat-an-enviropig/

Chocolate Genome Sequenced...

A French-led research team has sequenced the DNA o... ...ng chocolate. Specifically, they ascertained the genetic code of one type that is used to make gourmet cho... ...colate. This development may allow scientists to genetically engineer these chocolate-producing trees to resis...

http://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/28/chocolate-genome-sequenced/

Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Are 100% Resistant to Malaria

Scientists at the University of Arizona have created mosquitoes that are completely safe from the parasite that causes malaria. It does so by reducing the lifespan of the engineered mosquitoes. Most mosquitoes live onl...

http://www.neatorama.com/2010/07/16/genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-are-100-resistant-to-malaria/

Scientist Claims to Have Created First Synthetic Life Form...

A team led by geneticist J. Craig Venter claims to have created a syntheti... ...ers transplanted an entire natural genome — the genetic code — of one bacterium into another and watche...

http://www.neatorama.com/2010/05/20/scientist-claims-to-have-created-first-synthetic-life-form/

7 Disruptive Foods Changing the Way We Eat...

Wired takes a look at new technologies for delivering nutrients to our bodies, from meat grown in laboratories instead of farms to ocean-grown crops. And there's a possibility we won't even need food in the future! Scien...

http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/08/7-disruptive-foods-changing-the-way-we-eat/

Genetically-Modified Super Trout Have 20% More Muscle, Telekenesis

(YouTube Link) Okay, I made up the last bit. But these fish have been altered to grow far more muscular than normal trout: The bodybuilder stature of the trout comes from turning off myostatin, a protein that norm...

http://www.neatorama.com/2010/03/12/genetically-modified-super-trout-have-20-more-muscle-telekenesis/

Is It Ethical To Engineer Delicious Cows That Feel No Pain?...

That's the question that Jeremy Hsu asks, given in... ...estion that Jeremy Hsu asks, given innovations in genetic engineering : In 2006, researchers found six Pakistani chil... ...hile being raised and slaughtered, Hsu wonders if geneticists may be able to create animals that cannot feel pa...

http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/03/is-it-ethical-to-engineeer-delicious-cows-that-feel-no-pain/