Let Forest Fires Burn? What the Black-Backed Woodpecker Knows by ...
A scientific debate is intensifying over whether too much money and too many lives are lost fighting forest […]
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Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: A Snap and Google ...
Farhad and Mike discuss the latest in Silicon Valley, including Facebook’s video chat ambitions and rumors of a […]
It’s Better to Swim Alone, Yet Together, if You’re a ...
Although they form chains to swim as a collective, these gelatinous marine organisms use uncoordinated strokes when not […]
Scorpions Are Ancient, but Some Species Are New to Science ...
Scorpion scientists have identified three new species among these ancient arachnids. Published: August 4, 2017 at 02:00AM from […]
Gene Editing for ‘Designer Babies’? Highly Unlikely, Scientists Say by ...
Fears that embryo modification could allow parents to custom order a baby with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s imagination or Usain […]
Yellow Fever Outbreak That Threatened Brazil’s Megacities Ends by DONALD ...
An alarming surge in cases that started in January appears to have stopped short of the country’s largest […]
How This Silicon Valley Giant Is Backing China’s Tech Ambitions ...
Qualcomm is providing the money, expertise and engineering to help drive Beijing’s master plan to create its own […]
Cleaning a Dirty Sponge Only Helps Its Worst Bacteria, Study ...
Researchers found that microwaving, boiling or throwing used sponges in the dishwasher encouraged the proliferation of its strongest […]
Partial Lunar Eclipse Will Shadow the Moon on Monday by ...
Two weeks before a total solar eclipse crosses the United States, many other parts of the world will […]
Can Gene Editing Actually Do That? by HEATHER MURPHY
A new technique known as Crispr has revolutionized humans’ ability to edit DNA. See you if you can […]