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Scientists expand CRISPR-Cas9 genetic inheritance control in mammals
Nearly three years ago University of California San Diego researchers announced the world’s first CRISPR-Cas9 genetic…
International collaboration offers new evidence of a gravitational wave background
The results of a comprehensive search for a background of ultra-low frequency gravitational waves has been…
Why are San Jose's trees disappearing? City loses hundreds of acres each year
San Jose’s trees are slowly vanishing. Click here for original story, Why are San…
Earliest human remains in eastern Africa dated to more than 230,000 years ago
The age of the oldest fossils in eastern Africa widely recognized as representing our species, Homo…
Rainy days harm the economy: study
Economic growth goes down when the number of wet days and days with extreme rainfall go…
Newly discovered type of 'strange metal' could lead to deep insights
Scientists understand quite well how temperature affects electrical conductance in most everyday metals like copper or…
1,000-light-year wide bubble surrounding Earth is source of all nearby, young stars
The Earth sits in a 1,000-light-year-wide void surrounded by thousands of young stars—but how did those…
Racial, ethnic minorities and low-income groups in US exposed to higher levels of air pollution
Certain groups in the U.S.—Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, Latinos, and low-income populations—are being exposed to higher levels…
Study challenges evolutionary theory that DNA mutations are random
A simple roadside weed may hold the key to understanding and predicting DNA mutation, according to…