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CRISPR
Gene Editing

Human patient treated with CRISPR gene editing for the first time

Chinese researchers hope the tool will help fight cancer

How a rainstorm killed 61,000 reindeer
Animals

How a rainstorm killed 61,000 reindeer

Climate change will only make this more common

Front of recreated Jaguar XKSS
Vehicles

How Jaguar cloned a legendary supercar from 1957

How to recreate auto tech from 60 years ago.

This chatbot will deal with Comcast customer service for you
AI

This chatbot will deal with Comcast customer service for you

Trim wants to save you money—and potentially hours of despair

This pill delivers medication days or weeks after it’s swallowed
Medicine

This pill delivers medication days or weeks after it’s swallowed

It unfurls into a star so you can't poop it out

Planet
Pluto

Pluto’s frozen heart may hide an ocean inside

The heavy heart may have tipped the world over

Dead Fish
Fish

Why thousands of dead fish flooded a New York canal

Caught between a lock and a hard place

arrival trailer screenshot
Technology

If aliens invaded, how would we talk to them?

The film Arrival offers some clues

Ace Of Cakes Duff Goldman talks cake hacking
Projects

Ace Of Cakes Duff Goldman talks cake hacking

"One time we made a DNA strand 4 feet tall"

Bird poop might help keep the Arctic cool
Global Warming

Bird poop might help keep the Arctic cool

But they can't stop global warming, sorry

Hurricane Katrina linked to a rise in heart attacks years later
Climate Change

Hurricane Katrina linked to a rise in heart attacks years later

A decade out, the storm is still making people ill

Scientists shine light on the origin of a mysterious ancient amulet
Archaeology

Scientists shine light on the origin of a mysterious ancient amulet

The simple amulet is the oldest known example of a shift in metalworking

Ebola may be better at hiding than we thought
Health

Ebola may be better at hiding than we thought

One study found a disturbing number of undetected carriers

You could get both Zika and chikungunya from one stupid mosquito bite
Health

You could get both Zika and chikungunya from one stupid mosquito bite

North American mosquitoes can carry a lot of viral baggage

Steve Irwin
Wildlife

A decade after his death, Steve Irwin is still the face of wildlife education

The Crocodile Hunter's successors reflect on his legacy

What the heck are sinkholes, anyway?
Environment

What the heck are sinkholes, anyway?

A huge sinkhole opened in Japan. Where do they come from?

Humans don’t know how to drive self-driving cars
Best of What's New

Humans don’t know how to drive self-driving cars

Don't blame the robots, blame us

Four things you can do to stop Donald Trump from making climate change worse
Global Warming

Four things you can do to stop Donald Trump from making climate change worse

If you’re worried about the environment, here’s how you can help

Wireless brain implants are helping paralyzed monkeys walk again
Medicine

Wireless brain implants are helping paralyzed monkeys walk again

Are humans next?

A tiny USB stick can tell you how much HIV is in your blood
Diseases

A tiny USB stick can tell you how much HIV is in your blood

Just don't try to put photos on it