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.

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Attrition in undergraduate engineering students is an issue across the country, with some researchers reporting that close to 50% of those who start college as engineering majors have switched by the ...

There’s long been debate over the intentions of America’s founders about the role of religion. That’s been turbocharged with ...