Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I've long been a big fan of Greek mythology and all the wondrous beasts that tested, and sometimes bested, mythical heroes. One ...

In a ground-breaking experiment, researchers have successfully created the first human-monkey chimera. The work, published in the journal Cell, describes the the first embryo containing both human and ...

Cue the Jurassic Park theme song: Scientists in Switzerland appear to have pulled off a remarkable feat, creating sterile and seemingly healthy mice that can produce the sperm cells of a rat. These ...

The next XCOM game is taking the series in a different direction, and fans won’t have to wait long to play it. XCOM: Chimera Squad is a stand-alone spinoff set after XCOM 2 that sees developer Firaxis ...

An ethical debate has been sparked after the announcement that a Spanish and US research team has created the first human–monkey chimera, in a lab in China. But could this novel approach change the ...

I was very surprised that the news article on chimera research in the UK in your August issue 1 contained a number of misuses of the terms 'hybrid' and 'chimera' and failed to distinguish between ...