Russian Scientists Are Trying to Revive Wooly Mammoths to Halt Siberia Warming

The prehistoric animals could diffuse the Arctic’s ticking carbon bomb | Continue reading


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Crispr Could Switch Off Chronic Pain Without Opioids

A gene therapy injection eliminated pain in mice | Continue reading


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Humans May Not Be Able to Reproduce Naturally Much Longer, Scientist Warns

Everyday chemicals are threatening the future of human fertility | Continue reading


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Scientists Identified a Green, Poisonous Gas Used on Portland Protesters

The toxic chemical is more than an alternative type of tear gas | Continue reading


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Indoor Vertical Farms Are the (Expensive) Future of Food

Produce grown indoors could safeguard against shocks to the food supply | Continue reading


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Bill Gates Is Investing Millions in a Low-Cost Crispr Cure for Sickle Cell

Gates plans to launch trials in the U.S. and sub-Saharan Africa within the next 10 years | Continue reading


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The Fake Meat of the Future Is Chicken

A plant-based food startup is building the machinery to replace America’s favorite meat at an industrial scale | Continue reading


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The Race to Recreate Breast Milk Without the Breast

Companies are harnessing biotech to make bespoke milk | Continue reading


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Fresh Off Her Nobel Prize Win, Jennifer Doudna Predicts What’s Next for Crispr

The Nobel laureate chats with ‘Future Human’ about what her gene-editing companies are up to. | Continue reading


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Bug Breeders Are Cultivating Waste-Guzzling Flies to Gobble Up America’s Trash

The tiny insects could simultaneously tackle three of the biggest environmental issues in the United States | Continue reading


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Gene Therapy Could End Deafness. Should It?

Tweaking a person’s DNA could restore hearing to those born without it, but not everyone thinks deafness needs to be ‘cured’ | Continue reading


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