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Google Life Sciences is now called 'Verily'
Google Life Sciences — the Silicon Valley giant's new foray into health and medicine — announced a new name Monday that slips easily off the tongue but might sound antiquated to a high-tech,...
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Sending humans to Mars could uncover a disturbing truth to one of life's...
If humankind successfully lands people on the surface of Mars, we could discover an important clue about the origins of life on Earth — one of the greatest scientific mysteries in human history. A...
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A powerful tool that lets scientists edit our DNA was discovered mostly by...
You may have seen the headlines about CRISPR/Cas9, a powerful genetic technique that lets scientists "edit" genes.It's been hailed as a miracle method that will cure disease, and also as the nefarious...
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NYU scientists are transforming the way we understand how the brain processes...
(Inside Science) — A group of neuroscientists using high-tech imaging devices has found physical evidence that the brain arranges words in a hierarchy — clumped together into phrases and sentences — so...
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Take this test to see if you are a 'super-recognizer' of faces
If you see someone's face, do you remember them forever?If so, you could be a super-recognizer.The condition was only just recognized a few years ago, and it's estimated that only about 1-2% of people...
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Congress just put a massive roadblock in the way of genetically editing human...
Congressional Republicans proposed a spending deal late Tuesday night to fund the government through 2016, and it places new restrictions on the use of federal funding for gene editing, Politico...
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These incredible photos reveal split-second moments of one of the most...
This might look like an egregiously misplaced school of fish, but it's actually an example of what ornithologists (bird experts) call a murmuration:It's a flock of hundreds to thousands of tiny song...
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A controversial tool that lets scientists rewrite DNA just achieved a major...
This year was undoubtedly the one in which CRISPR took over the minds and hearts of science lovers everywhere. On Thursday, Science Magazine announced the gene-editing technique won its Breakthrough of...
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A wildlife ecologist explains whether you can survive the cold by sleeping...
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant is packed with gross moments — especially for Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Hugh Glass. In the actor’s most recent bid for Oscar recognition, his character...
View ArticleScientists found something huge that all blue-eyed people have in common
You've probably wondered, why do we have the color eyes we do? It comes down to our genes. And scientists are really starting to get to the bottom of it.Produced By Matt Johnston. Research by Lauren...
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'We all kind of marvel at how fast this took off'
On a warm September afternoon on the verdant campus of Long Island's Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, an elite cadre of scientists gathered to discuss a simple yet incredibly powerful new genetic...
View ArticleScientists discovered a surprising way to create ‘living’ blood vessels from...
Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have created a way to print 'living' blood cells. This could change the way researchers look at diseases in the lab and open the door to new...
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We're on the cusp of a revolution that will change the world as much as...
Most people do not yet understand the potential impact of our newfound ability to edit and eventually rewrite genetic code, the blueprint for life itself.At least, so say a number a number of experts...
View ArticleLegendary futurist explains how he plans to live forever
Google's leading engineer and prominent futurist Ray Kurzweil says humans just a few scientific breakthroughs away from achieving eternal life. The first step — watching what we eat.Kurzweil — one of...
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Here's why woodpeckers can slam their faces into trees all day and never get...
BI ANSWERS: Do woodpeckers get brain damage?Right now, over 200 species of woodpeckers around the world are slamming their faces into the side of a tree without a second thought about what this kind of...
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These are some of the crazy things scientists did using gene editing in 2015
Gene editing was one of the most talked-about topics of 2015, and rightly so.One technique in particular, known as CRISPR/Cas9, has made it possible to quickly and precisely edit genes by cutting and...
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Scientists sequenced the first ancient Irish genomes and found something...
A team of researchers from Trinity College Dublin and Queen's University Belfast has sequenced the first genomes from ancient Irish people, providing insights into questions about the origins and...
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From mind melds to "the dress," here's what we learned about the brain in 2015
We learned a lot about the brain in 2015, but we still have a long way to go.From a viral photo that changed how we see the world to discoveries about how the brain changes as we age, here are some of...
View ArticleA potentially groundbreaking new app tells you why your baby is crying
First-time parents don't miss this — a new app for iPhone and Android that analyzes your baby's crying and tells you what he or she needs.Produced By Matt Johnston. Video courtesy of Reuters. Follow...
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The biological wonders of this miniature marvel could jump-start an...
Tardigrades - known affectionately as water bears or moss piglets - have pretty much got it all.These microscopic invertebrates are capable of surviving the most extreme conditions you could dream up,...
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