Diagnostic tests for infectious diseases often involve identifying “alien” life – in the form of viral DNA – within a patient. Detecting life on Mars may also rely on DNA detection strategies but, ...

Technology and synthetic biology allowed human-made Androids to exceed the strength of the galaxy's most feared tyrant.

When scientist J. Craig Venter and his team announced in 2010 that they had created the first cell controlled by a fully synthetic genome, it marked a turning point in how scientists think about life.