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China halts work by team on gene-edited babies

Thursday, 29 November 2018, 13:24 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

China's government has ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies. Vice Minister of Science and Technology Xu Nanping told...

Watch: Bearded best-man ‘replaces’ bride

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 13:18 Last update: about 9 years ago

A groom burst into laughter as he found his bearded best-man instead of his wife-to-be on the day of the wedding. David Hofmann, 32, expected to see his wife-to-be Brianne Dennis, 29, in her...

Scientist claiming gene-edited babies reports second pregnancy

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 10:49 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A Chinese researcher who claims to have helped make the world's first genetically edited babies says a second pregnancy may be underway. The researcher, He Jiankui of Shenzhen, revealed the...

'SpongeBob' creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 09:52 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Stephen Hillenburg, who used his dual loves of drawing and marine biology to spawn the absurd undersea world of "SpongeBob SquarePants," has died, Nickelodeon announced Tuesday. Hillenburg died...

Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 07:40 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of...

UK's May fights to sell Brexit deal to a skeptical country

Monday, 26 November 2018, 19:55 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Prime Minister Theresa May made a blunt appeal to skeptical lawmakers on Monday to back her divorce deal with the European Union: It isn't perfect, but it's all there is, and the alternative is a leap...

Filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci dead at 77

Monday, 26 November 2018, 11:09 Last update: about 9 years ago

Italian film-maker Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with "The Last Emperor" and whose erotic drama "Last Tango in Paris" enthralled and shocked the world, died Monday. He was 77. Bertolucci's...

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