CRISPR’d human embryos doesn’t mean designer babies are around the corner
By Sarah Buhr From Techcrunch Earlier this week scientists stunned us with the announcement they’d genetically altered the first human embryos in the U.S. using CRISPR technology — but don’t hold your breath if you think the ability to make…
This massive fish species was somehow only just discovered
By Mike Wehner From BGR Researchers regularly remind us that the world’s oceans are still hiding some truly remarkable secrets, but when we imagine new species of ocean life it’s usually tucked away in the crushing depths, or so tiny…
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Kalter: Ease of finding sperm contributors raises worry
By Lindsay Kalter From Boston Herald Are you my ‘donor daddy?’ A 57-year-old Los Angeles man — whose donated sperm impregnated women from Massachusetts to the Cayman Islands — is making news after he struck up relationships with his 19…
Gadget of the week
Baidu AI helps parents find their abducted son 27 years later By Mariella Moon From engadget Facial recognition has non-creepy uses, too. Facial recognition tech has loads of application other than the creepy ones that put your privacy at risk….
Dear Space Scientists & Nuclear Weapon Scientists,
I have some doubts, can you please clear me for the sake of science. 1. As research going on now a days about solar system. Is there any planet in the solar system where human life can possible other than…
Four children killed in garbage dump fire, toll climbs to 11
From DNA The death toll in a fire incident at a giant open garbage dump near the Sri Lankan capital today climbed to at least 11 after five more persons, including four children, succumbed to their injuries, officials said. Around…
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Worldwide: Fertile grounds for dispute
Article by Ray Davern and Alex Way Maples and Calder Rapidly changing concepts of the family and advances in reproductive technologies have, in recent years, presented well-publicised and much-discussed problems for legislators worldwide. These include questions of the status of…
Scientists drew a riveting conclusion after looking at the DNA of thousands of people with depression
By Erin Brodwin From Business Insider It’s the leading disability worldwide and it can kill. Yet for decades, scientists have known surprisingly little about what genes are linked with the development of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). A recent study…
Science is stunning
22 photos that prove science is stunning This year’s finalists for the Wellcome Image Awards By Haley Hamblin From Mashable It’s the 20th anniversary of the Wellcome Images Awards, which celebrates images of science and medicine. Their winners’ gallery features…
A murder mystery probe grips France after a family of 4 including ‘psychologically disturbed’ son vanishes leaving behind a home ‘frozen in time’.
By Afp and Julian Robinson From MailOnline Murder mystery probe grips France after family of four including ‘psychologically disturbed’ son once charged with making death threats vanish from bloodstained home ‘frozen in time’ The Troadec family, from Nantes, western France,…
