CRISPR-Cas9 is a gene-editing mechanism derived from a naturally-occurring set of DNA sequences found in bacteria. While still in its infancy, the…
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Mankind has been looking for ways to improve their sex lives for about as long as they’ve had sex lives. The history…
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2022 has been a hell of a year. For most of the world, it was the first year that things properly opened…
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Everything comes from somewhere. It’s a statement so preposterously obvious it’s rarely worth even making. And yet the implications of it are…
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For the last 20 years or more the internet has rolled out “this is how Skynet/The Matrix starts” jokes every single time there’s…
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Any dog owner will recall times when their pet has acted anxious or strange because of some perceived threat that the owner…
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Evolution is a remarkable process. Any life form from lowly sponges to massive whales can show evidence of how the process of…
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Science and warfare are intrinsically linked. Throughout history, many scientific innovations and discoveries have changed the battlefield in fundamental ways – from…
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It is difficult to give accurate statistics regarding the number of children that go missing every year, given that this type of…
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Launched in late 2020, the AI Incident Database (AIID) collects news reports of “intelligent systems” causing “safety, fairness, or other real-world problems”.…