The new documentary “Make People Better” leans toward a different narrative about gene-editing than we’ve heard before.
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“Jumping genes” exist in various forms, including as remnants of ancient retroviruses, and make up about 45% of the human genome.
When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.
Though a single measurement is not enough to definitively decide the debate, this is a major win for dark matter proponents.
There is no sure-fire formula for success, but you can be better prepared to create your own.
If dogs are out in coats and boots, how are the squirrels feeling?
He was also a eugenicist — but at least he could draw pretty pictures.
Yes, dark energy is real. Yes, distant galaxies recede faster and faster as time goes on. But the expansion rate isn’t accelerating at all.
The cost of seeing yourself as a thief is pretty steep, the results of a 2019 study suggest.
The Athenian rich paid their taxes because they craved the social success of being perceived as “useful.”
While Costco warehouses may remind shoppers of Walmart, this membership-only retailer has a business model that more closely resembles Amazon or Netflix.
Crafting an effective learning and development strategy can be challenging. Here are five key considerations.
Concluding that Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest was caused by the COVID vaccine requires accepting highly improbable leaps of logic.
65 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth. Not only did Jupiter not stop it, but it probably caused the impact itself.
The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not.
The amazing life of “Gudrid the Far-Traveled” was unjustly overshadowed by her in-laws, Erik the Red and Leif Erikson.
The quantum world — and its inherent uncertainty — defies our ability to describe it in words.
Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.
In 1920, astronomers debated the nature of the Universe. The results were meaningless until years later, when the key evidence arrived.
If you want to sleep more, try working less, eating better, and exercising more. Alternatively, you could emigrate to Albania.
But they’re still lovable.
2023 will see an “arms race” in mixed reality hardware and software. This truly will revolutionize our society.
Quantum mechanics has taught us that even empty space contains energy. “Negative energy” is the state of having less energy than empty space.
As time goes on, dark energy makes distant galaxies recede from us ever faster in our expanding Universe. But nothing truly disappears.
Passing chunks of ice can fertilize ocean waters and play a role in the planet’s carbon cycle.
It’s called the “hipster effect,” and a study from Brandeis University mathematician Jonathan Touboul explains how it happens.
Follow your nose all the way home.