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How CRISPR Actually Cuts and Edits a Gene
CRISPR gets described in headlines as everything from a cure for genetic disease to a tool for designer babies, and most of…
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Why So Much of the Ocean Makes Its Own Light
Drop below the reach of sunlight in the ocean, somewhere past 200 meters, and you’d expect total darkness. Instead, you’d find a…
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How Anything Survives at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench
Almost 11 kilometers down, in the deepest known point on Earth, sits a place called the Challenger Deep. The pressure there is…
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The Wood Wide Web: What Trees Actually Share Underground
Walk into any old forest and the quiet is deceptive. Under your feet, a web of fungal threads finer than hair is…