Could Anyone Have Stopped Gene-Edited Babies Work?
2 December 2018 - Scientists say there's no certain way to stop someone intent on monkeying with DNA, no matter what laws or standards are in place.
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6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Buildings in Anchorage
30 November 2018 - A 6.6 magnitude earthquake rocked buildings in Anchorage and caused lamp posts and trees to sway, prompting people to run out of offices and seek shelter under office desks.
Scientist Claiming Gene-Edited Babies Reports 2nd Pregnancy
28 November 2018 - A Chinese researcher who claims to have helped make the world's first genetically edited babies says a second pregnancy may be underway.
The Scoop on How Your Cat’s Sandpapery Tongue Deep Cleans
19 November 2018 - Using high-tech scans and some other tricks, scientists are learning how those sandpapery tongues help cats get clean and stay cool.
Sensual Goddess Fresco Discovered in Ancient Pompeii Bedroom
19 November 2018 - Archaeologists have found in an ancient Pompeii bedroom a fresco depicting a sensual scene of a goddess and swan.
Gene-Edited Food is Coming, But Will Shoppers Buy?
14 November 2018 - Scientists even hope gene editing eventually could save species from being wiped out by devastating diseases like citrus greening, a so far unstoppable infection that's destroying Florida's famed oranges.
No Accounting for These Tastes: Artificial Flavors a Mystery
13 November 2018 - The flavors are also at the center of a dispute over how ingredients should be regulated.
More Protection: UN Says Earth’s Ozone Layer Is Healing
5 November 2018 - The upper ozone layer above the Northern Hemisphere should be completely repaired in the 2030s and the gaping Antarctic ozone hole should disappear in the 2060s.
Memorabilia from Astronauts Armstrong, Glenn Up for Auction
1 November 2018 - A series of auctions involving some 2,000 artifacts and mementoes owned by Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, runs through November 2019.
NASA Official: Tense Moments but Calm Crew in Aborted Launch
12 October 2018 - Two minutes after Hague and Ovchinin blasted off for the International Space Station, their rocket failed.
Study: DNA Websites Cast Broad Net for Identifying People
11 October 2018 - With DNA databases "you need just a minute fraction of the population to really identify many more people," said Yaniv Erlich of Columbia University, an author of the study.
US, Russian Astronauts Safe After Emergency Landing
11 October 2018 - It was the latest in a recent series of failures for the troubled Russian space program, which is used by the U.S. to carry its astronauts to the station.
