Yizhi “Patrick” Cai is coordinating a global effort to write a complete synthetic yeast genome. If he succeeds, the resulting cell will be the artificial life most closely related to humans to date.
Was disease a factor in the abandonment of dense settlements by 6000 B.C.E.? This time, the layout was different than at jam-packed Çatalhöyük: The hundreds of wooden, two-story houses were regularly ...