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Daily News Lesson June 18 2025

How researchers in Florida are using gene editing to protect the state's orange groves

Learn about how researchers in Florida are using CRISPR gene editing technology to build disease-resistant orange trees

Daily News Lesson March 28 2025

DNA data of millions faces exposure as 23andMe files bankruptcy

Discuss the privacy concerns related to the bankruptcy of a company that stores the genetic data of millions

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Daily News Lesson October 01 2021

How Rosalind Franklin was denied recognition for her breakthrough DNA discovery

Learn about a pioneering scientist who didn't get the recognition she deserved during her lifetime for helping discover DNA

Daily Video November 13 2019

STEM Current Events: How DNA testing cracks cold cases

In this NewsHour lesson, find out about the first genetic genealogy case to go to trial — and how the science behind it solved a 32-year-old double murder.

Daily News Lesson July 26 2018

12 video stories that make STEM meaningful for students

NewsHour Classroom delivered a workshop, "How to make STEM meaningful through current events" at Texas A&M's K12 Summer Institute in Kerryville, Texas

Daily Video August 31 2015

Can trauma be passed to next generation through DNA?

New research suggests that experiencing intense psychological trauma may have a genetic impact on a person’s future children.

Post July 07 2010

The Human Genome Project, A Decade Later

Ten years ago, top scientists from around the world participating in the Human Genome Project decla…

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