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All 4 Building Blocks of DNA Have Been Found in Meteorites
After decades of searching, scientists found all the components for the source code of life in extraterrestrial rocks.
This Food Scientist Wants to Save Lives With a Hypoallergenic Peanut
Hortense Dodo has pioneered a process for engineering safer peanuts that can prevent deadly reactions.
Bread Doe's "RNA" Shows He's No Longer Content to Stay in the Background
The Chicago rapper and producer serves up a concise, charismatic banger.
Why CRISPR Never Could Have Come Out of Silicon Valley
Motherboard caught up with Jennifer Doudna at the Gairdner Awards in Toronto, where she’s being honoured as a pioneer of the gene editing technology.
A Universal Cancer Vaccine Might Be Closer Than You Think
A new way of tricking the body's own immune system to attack cancer cells.
Scientists Are Working on an 'Undo Button' For Genetic Experiments Gone Wrong
The solution to GMOs that go wrong could be more gene editing.
There's New Evidence for an Alternate Theory of the Origin of Life
How the building blocks of life helped build each other.
What Is CRISPR/Cas9 and Why Is It Suddenly Everywhere?
The controversial gene editing technique is three years old, but just catching on in the mainstream now.
DNA Could Have Formed on Earth (So Maybe We're Not All Aliens)
Czech scientists used a high-powered laser to create the building blocks of life in a laboratory.