China’s risky experiment with gene-editing babies

  Since the debut of the biotechnology CRISPR-cas9 in 2012, this day seemed inevitable — despite endless warnings from bioethicists and a wide variety of scientific bodies. Hours after the announcement that the twins were born “a few weeks ago” with modified DNA, the technique’s co-creator Feng […]

Beyonce To Perform At South African Concert Honoring Mandela

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Beyonce, Jay-Z and Ed Sheeran are among the stars scheduled to perform at a South African concert on Sunday in honor of the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, a century after he was born.   Jewish professor finds swastikas spray-painted on her office walls at Columbia   […]

Indian transgender political candidate missing, feared kidnapped

  The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, a New Delhi-based NGO, said in an open letter to Indian authorities that Chandramukhi Muvvala had been “untraceable since Tuesday morning.” “She went missing the day after starting her election campaign and there is concern that she may have been kidnapped,” […]

TV One To Launch CLEO TV, Geared To Women Of Color

  Looking for a lifestyle channel geared for Black female millennial? If so, TV One’s got you. This coming January, the network is launching CLEO TV, a new aspirational lifestyle and entertainment cable channel targeting Millennial and Gen X women of color. Derived from the name Cleopatra, CLEO […]