These Engineered Cells Are Super Soldiers That Hunt Down Cancers
A new cancer therapy is a match made in heaven. On one side is CRISPR, the gene-editing technology that’s taken…
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A Pristine Chunk of Space Rock Found Within Hours of Hitting Earth Can Tell Us About the Birth of the Solar System
At about 10 o’clock on the night of February 28, 2021, a fireball streaked through the sky over England. The blazing…
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Electrical Zaps Woke Up Dormant Neurons to Help Paralyzed People Walk Again
What was science fiction is now scientific reality: with a series of targeted electrical zaps to the spinal cord, nine…
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NASA Will Buy Lunar Dust in the First Commercial Transaction on the Moon
Private companies are playing an ever greater role in space, in many cases with the blessing of national space agencies.…
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Radioactive Traces in Tree Rings Reveal Earth’s History of Unexplained ‘Radiation Storms’
In searching for planets and studying their stars, I’ve had the privilege of using some of the world’s great telescopes.…
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through November 12)
BIOTECH CRISPR Cancer Trial Success Paves the Way for Personalized Treatments Heidi Ledford | Nature “A small clinical…
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An Antarctic Neutrino Telescope Has Detected a Signal From the Heart of a Nearby Active Galaxy
An enormous neutrino observatory buried deep in the Antarctic ice has discovered only the second extra-galactic source…
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In a World First, Two People Received Transfusions of Lab-Grown Blood
Of the four main blood types, the most common is Type O-positive, accounting for 37 percent of the population. Type…
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