It is a double milestone: new evidence that cures are possible for many people born with sickle cell disease and another serious blood disorder, beta-thalassemia, and a first for the genome editor CRISPR.
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Amazing images: The best science photos of the week
A ‘party balloon’ sea blob, an 8-mile painting in the Amazon, a new map of the universe and more awesome science images.
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Must-pass U.S. defense bill would harmonize funding disclosures for all federal grant applicants
The U.S. Congress appears poised to pass legislation making uniform what are now a hodgepodge of agency policies on when and how a scientist applying for a federal grant must disclose other sources of funding.
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Mysterious minimoon circling Earth is actually a 1960s rocket booster
That’s no moon.
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There’s an ecosystem beneath your feet—and it needs protection, new report says
Reach down and scoop up some soil. Cupped in your hands may be 5000 different kinds of creatures—and as many individual cells as there are humans on the globe. That random handful might hold microscopic fungi, decomposing plant matter, a whisker-size nematode munching on the fungi, and a predatory, pinhead-size […]
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World’s largest atom smasher could seed microscopic black holes
And reveal extra dimensions.
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Avonmouth explosion: What are biosolids and did they cause it?
Police say the explosion at a water recycling centre in Avonmouth happened in a biosolid treatment silo, though the cause of the blast is unknown.
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There’s an ecosystem beneath your feet—and it needs protection, says new report
Reach down and scoop up some soil. Cupped in your hands may be 5000 different kinds of creatures—and as many individual cells as there are humans on the globe. That random handful might hold microscopic fungi, decomposing plant matter, a whisker-size nematode munching on the fungi, and a predatory, pinhead-size […]