Dina Fine Maron, editor of Health & Science Medicine at Scientific American, discusses the news that Chinese scientists recently cloned two monkeys, raising questions about the practice.
Maron weighs in on the laws the U.S. has on the books regarding cloning. We also talk about the "Dolly" method, first used two decades ago on a sheep. Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua are the first monkeys that have been cloned using the "Dolly" method.
Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with “Wonka” regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for “The Color Purple” and an overall $9 billion in ticket sales that improved on 2022’s grosses but fell about $2 billion shy of pre-pandemic norms.
2024 is the Year of the Dragon for the Lunar New Year, which kicks off February 10. To commemorate the occasion, the U.S. Post Office unveiled a new dragon stamp.