Bioethics debates intensify as scientists experiment with designer babies, synthetic embryos, and genetic editing.

DNA consists of a code language comprising four letters which make up what are known as codons, or words, each three letters long. Interpreting the language of the genetic code was the work of ...

Finally, the team discovered that today's genetic code likely came after other codes that have since gone extinct. The authors argue that the current understanding of how the code evolved is flawed ...

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform – from bacteria to blue whales – shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific ...