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What’s next for the gene-edited children from CRISPR trial in China?
By Nicolas Gutierrez C. Illustration of a DNA double helix Yurchanka Siarhei/Shutterstock MORE than a billion people live in China,…
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Spinal cord stimulation enables paralysed monkeys to move their arms
An electrode implanted in the necks of three monkeys with partial arm paralysis stimulated nerves in the spinal cord and…
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The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Is a Blow to Stopping Climate Change
The Supreme Court’s decision in the case known as West Virginia et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency et al. is…
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How Parents’ Trauma Leaves Biological Traces in Children
After the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001, in a haze of horror and…
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Roe v Wade overturned: What that means for safe abortion in the US
By Dana G. Smith Activists demonstrating in front of the US Supreme Court on 3 May Win McNamee/Getty Images THE US…
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Spray-On, Rinse-Off Food ‘Wrapper’ Can Cut Plastic Packaging
Packaging is essential for preserving and distributing many kinds of foods, but it often incorporates plastic—scraps of which already litter…
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How the Higgs Boson Ruined Peter Higgs’s Life
Ten years ago scientists announced one of the most momentous discoveries in physics: the Higgs boson. The particle, predicted 48 years…
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UK wants to send a spacecraft to grab two dead satellites from space
The UK is putting £5 million towards a mission to remove two dead satellites from space by burning them up…
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UK’s largest carbon capture project will turn CO2 into baking soda
Tata Chemicals Europe’s plant at Northwich will eventually capture 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year for use in making…
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Fusion power may run out of fuel before it even gets started
A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 376, Issue 6600.Download PDF In 2020, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories delivered five…
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