February 3, 2015 | Lifestyle.INQ

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Day: February 3, 2015

UK to decide if it’s OK to make babies from DNA of 3 people

British lawmakers will vote Tuesday on whether to let scientists use controversial techniques to create babies from the DNA of three people — a move that could prevent children from inheriting potentially fatal diseases yet would make Britain the first country in the world to allow embryos to be genetically modified.

Egypt popular satirist takes a fellowship post at Harvard

Egypt’s most popular satirist Bassem Youssef has joined Harvard’s Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government as a resident fellow for the spring semester, almost a year after his program was taken off the air for lambasting Egyptian presidents and military men.