Big Think expert Dr. Jennifer Doudna, a professor at UC Berkeley and co-inventor of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology, issued a statement responding to a scientist’s recent claim that he helped create the world’s first genetically edited babies.
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The companies launching satellites aboard the SpaceX rocket hope to revolutionize the Internet of Things.
Project Dragonfly aims to help the Chinese government build a censored search engine that would “blacklist” information that officials don’t like.
Time to build a Corellian shipyard?
Mercantilism, the oldest thing in economics, is back in a big way.
The ancients had a cornucopia of holidays and festivities.
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When it comes to flirting, love meters have nothing on these researchers’ findings.
New research suggests brains anticipate future events through a process called anticipatory timing.
The damage might not be “as bad” as traditional cigarettes, but it’s still pretty bad.
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The unmanned lander will help scientists learn more about the interior of Mars and the development of rocky planets.
The CEO once said a self-sustaining Mars colony won’t work if it’s wildly expensive for each person to make the voyage.
A Chinese researcher has sparked controversy after claiming to have used gene-editing technology known as CRISPR to help make the world’s first genetically modified babies.
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The Nazis actively searched for Atlantis, seeing it as important to their mythology.
Schadenfreude is a common feeling, but not all of it is the same.
The famous astrophysicist argues why Elon Musk is more important than Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.
It’s not just a case of “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”
These seven presidents had a window into the future—or were really good guessers.
Amit Tzuk and Ofir Trainin, the subject and director of an FAMILY IN TRANSITION, an Israeli documentary about a small town father of four who becomes a woman.
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A new book tells the very old story in a fun way for a younger generation.
It’s a problem that we still haven’t solved, and it spells doom for all of our low-Earth orbiting satellites, even today. On October 4th, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, […]
Long hidden under trees, it’s utterly massive.
As it turns out, being just enough of a psychopath can do wonders for your creative career.