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This battery advance could make electric vehicles far cheaper
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Forecasts of genetic fate just got a lot more accurate
DNA-based scores are getting better at predicting intelligence, risks for common diseases, and more.
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Reprogramming our bodies to make us healthier.
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In a medical first, drugs have reversed an inherited disorder in the womb
Doctors in Germany successfully treated twins in utero using a biotech drug, pointing to a new way to eliminate disease.
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Researchers are keeping pig brains alive outside the body
If it were tried on a person, it might mean awakening in the ultimate sensory deprivation chamber.
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If we weren’t the first industrial civilization on Earth, would we ever know?
Fossils and objects are unlikely to survive more than a few million years. Searching for chemical traces of industrialization offers an intriguing alternative.
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