According to Health Canada’s policy update, the department’s Food Directorate decided that there should be no difference ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the r ...

A company’s plan to edit the genomes of human embryos worries some researchers — but it might reflect the changing attitudes towards the controversial approach.

In a world full of online impersonators, deepfakes, trading scams, ChatGPT writing essays, and AI-curated images, a growing ...

Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates, according to researchers.

Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to ...

A Canadian’s plan to bring his late celebrity wife back to life in AI form has raised a host of ethical questions about prolonging human existence in the digital universe. Alan Hamel, a Canadian ...

A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely create genetically edited babies, marking the largest known investment into the ...

In the face of the very real cross of infertility that many couples face today, the Church instead promotes research into ...

Synthetic audio and video—better known as deepfakes—have moved beyond entertainment or political misuse to become a key tool in cybercrime. What was once a tech novelty is now a serious business risk.

Pilot programs on Spotify and iHeartMedia currently allow select podcasters — including Bill Simmons, Malcolm Gladwell and ...

Advances in cloning and stem cell technology may soon enable custom-grown organs and longer lifespans. Secret Service finds ...