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Why CRISPR gene editing could be the future of medicine

Why CRISPR gene editing could be the future of medicine

CRISPR gene editing is a relatively new tool, but it already offers amazing potential to cure genetic disease. Can we harness its promise without falling prey to its possible harms?
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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A mystery illness is killing songbirds in the eastern U.S.

A mystery illness is killing songbirds in the eastern U.S.

Federal and state wildlife officials in the Mid-Atlantic region of the eastern U.S. are asking people to stop feeding birds and providing water in bird baths amid dozens of reports of mysterious songbird deaths.
by Jeff Brady

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An ode to mac and cheese, the poster child for processed food

An ode to mac and cheese, the poster child for processed food

A food historian explains how the popular boxed dinner played an important role in kitchen science, wars and women's liberation.

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Yellow crazy ants, an enemy to seabirds, have been wiped out on a remote Pacific atoll

Yellow crazy ants, an enemy to seabirds, have been wiped out on a remote Pacific atoll

After more than a decade, the terrorizing reign of the yellow crazy ant is over on the Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. The invasive insect had been threatening ground-nesting seabirds on the Pacific atoll since at least 2010.
by Vanessa Romo

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UFO report: No sign of aliens, but 143 mystery objects defy explanation

UFO report: No sign of aliens, but 143 mystery objects defy explanation

A U.S. government report on UFOs, released Friday, said it found no evidence of aliens, but acknowledged 143 reports of "unidentified aerial phenomena" since 2004 that could not be explained.
by Greg Myre

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