Magazine

Can gene editing delete the fear of GMOs?

January/February 2018

Precise tools for adding or removing bits of DNA could be viewed as a state-of-the-art way to improve crops—or a quicker, easier route to frankenfoods.

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Letter from the editor

Gene Editing Could Rewrite the GMO Debate

Features

Categorized in Biotechnology
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This VR Exhibit Lets You Connect with the Human Side of War
A pioneering photojournalist hopes VR can restore war photography’s dramatic power to influence and inform us.
Categorized in Artificial intelligence
The Great AI Paradox
Don’t worry about supersmart AI eliminating all the jobs. That’s just a distraction from the problems even relatively dumb computers are causing.

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