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‘The Code Breaker’ Is the Crispr Chronicle You Need to Read
So, you start writing about Jennifer Doudna and next thing you know, she wins the Nobel Prize. Coincidence? Despite what people think about rigged election…
The Pandemic Can’t End While Wealthy Nations Hoard Shots
Those two organizations have aimed to right the imbalance by sponsoring an organization called Covax, a partnership of the WHO and UNICEF with two nonprofits,…
Old dogs need to learn new tricks. Here’s why.
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Neanderthals Vanished From Europe Thousands of Years Earlier Than We Thought
Neanderthal fossils from a cave in Belgium believed to belong to the last survivors of their species ever discovered in Europe are thousands of years…
This Is a Piece of a Lost Protoplanet, And It’s Officially Older Than Earth
A chunk of meteorite found in the desert sands of Algeria could be a piece of a baby planet that never made it. According to…
If You Use Cannabis, Here’s What You Need to Know About Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Indoor cannabis production is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, and the environmental effects vary significantly depending on where it is being grown, according…
Humans Have Surprising Similarities to Strange Creatures From 550 Million Years Ago
From what little we know of them, they seem so different. Mysterious creatures that lived in the ocean half a billion years ago – headless,…
Percy’s Landing Site Has Been Named For Octavia E. Butler, And It Fits So Beautifully
In mid-February 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover unfurled its supersonic parachute and touched down on the surface of Mars. The exact place where it landed has…
How Your Brain Registers Loneliness Could Have a Strange Link to Wisdom
New insights into the neural activity linked to loneliness could help us improve the way we treat it, researchers say – and reduce the numerous…