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How Humanity Came To Contemplate Its Possible Extinction – a Timeline

Thomas Moynihan 03/10/2020

It is only in the last couple of centuries...

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Explainer: What Is CRISPR and How Does It Work?

Merlin Crossley 04/02/2018

CRISPR harnesses the natural defence mechanisms of some bacteria...

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What Does it Mean for Researchers, Journalists and the Public When Secrecy Surrounds Science?

Jeff Bessen 29/05/2016

Researchers must rely on journalists for their communication skills...

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Too Soon for a Nobel Prize for Gene Editing?

Nandita Jayaraj 04/10/2015

Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier saw a neat bacterial...