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New science stories every week, written by scientists themselves

What modern conservationists can learn from humanity's long history with rainforests

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There's a growing body of evidence that humans have been modifying tropical forests for over 40,000 years

Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

This 3D-printed ovary could help the women left out of modern fertility technology

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Isabella Finco, University of Michigan

Five facts about Linda Buck, olfactory pioneer

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Gabe Stein

Dear Harvard, Berkeley, and MIT: don't patent CRISPR

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Dan Samorodnitsky, Senior Editor

The next revolution in food is being held up by regulation

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Kate Krueger, New Harvest

Why GMO labeling laws won't help US consumers make better decisions

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Andrew Scarpelli, National Louis University

Scientists shouldn't be punished for being wrong

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Jay Bassan, University of Toronto

This biologist believes we should embrace human gene editing

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Devang Mehta, University of Alberta

Feeding the world as the climate changes will depend on genetic engineering

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Jackie Grimm, Princeton University

Goldfish can survive without oxygen for months by basically getting drunk

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"It's bizarre to see this kind of enzyme in anything with a face"

Brittney G. Borowiec, Wilfrid Laurier University

How CRISPR proteins work together to capture foreign DNA

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Alireza Edraki, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Our cofounder moved across the country to see the eclipse and he will never be the same

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Gabe Stein

Why you shouldn't worry about the bacteria in your sponges

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Kevin Pels, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Some good news: peatlands might help store more carbon as temperatures rise

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Becky Parker, Nova Scotia Nature Trust

We're beginning to understand the 'tumor microenvironment' that makes cancer so resilient

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Danny Jomaa, University of Ottawa

I had to learn assembly language to truly understand my grandfather

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Elle O'Brien, Computational Neuroscience

👖 Designer Genes: Learn from scientists on the frontiers of genetic engineering

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Gabe Stein

3D-printed organs could help us heal faster and live longer

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Kate Krueger, New Harvest

Why 'designer babies' won't be here anytime soon

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Human embryos are uniquely resistant to inserting foreign DNA via CRISPR

Jay Bassan, University of Toronto

Inside the effort to create entire genomes from scratch

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Devang Mehta, University of Alberta

The breakthrough behind those 'pure blue' chrysanthemums was pure luck

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Andrew Scarpelli, National Louis University

Diabetes is a much stranger disease than I realized

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Dan Samorodnitsky, Senior Editor

How scientists use light to manipulate cells with the flick of a switch

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Jackie Grimm, Princeton University

The time I solved a tricky lab problem with Google and Vaseline

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Louisa Cockbill, University of Bristol

Advances in gene therapy could help cure a cruel childhood illness

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Yewande Pearse, LA Biomed

We need to change the way we think about alcoholism

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David Haggerty, Indiana University School of Medicine

Want to know where hard-to-find squid live? Ask their predators

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Rebecca Flynn, University of Rhode Island

From helium to relativity, eclipses have a history of producing big finds

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Here are multiple ways for you to join in the eclipse science tradition on August 21

Jesse Feddersen, Yale University

How turmeric became a naturopathic cure-all without the evidence to back it up

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Anastasia Gorelova, University of Pittsburgh

Your body's cells adapt to stress to avoid making mistakes

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Irene Park, University of Michigan

Storing video in DNA is cool, but recording a cell's lifecycle could change biology

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Danny Jomaa, University of Ottawa

How do mosses reproduce? By spreading their seed on everything

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Jerald Pinson, University of Florida

MDMA can help fight PTSD — if scientists are allowed to use it

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Shannon Stewart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Meet the astronomer who changed how we see the stars

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Kirsi Goldynia

How do researchers study a deadly bacterium? They give mice our immune system

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Kelly Hallstrom, Biomedical Sciences

How Shark Week hurts the very creatures it celebrates

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Anna Robuck, University of Rhode Island

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