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MIT Engineers Create Glowing Plants With Nanobionics
Imagine a future in which many of the electrical devices we take for granted today are replaced by plant nanobionics,…
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Claims of Muscular, “Mutant” Pigs In Cambodia
Something strange is going down in Cambodia, where reports have surfaced of genetically altered “mutant” pigs with abnormally large muscles.…
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Will Scientists Soon Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth?
How would you feel about resurrecting a lost species? Say, the woolly mammoth? This large, hairy beast went extinct about 4,000 years ago,…
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Breakthrough: Scientists Modify DNA to Repair Genes in Living Adult Animals
Scientists have announced a breakthrough that may someday (hopefully) render the movie Gattaca redundant. According to The Independent, the process…
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The Incredible Shrinking Man Project
So here’s a question: Would you agree to be shrunken down to the size of a doll if it meant…
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Woman Sought To Be Surrogate For Neanderthal Clone
Geneticist George Church wants to clone a Neanderthal. It’s not an easy process, and we’re not quite there yet (maybe…
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Scientists Engineer Fish With Legs
Sure, evolution has already provided an ample number of ambulatory fish, but when has that ever stopped researchers from cooking…
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