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Don't Miss: missing green, a doomed sub, and a giant fatberg

Life

Don't Miss: missing green, a doomed sub, and a giant fatberg

Watch a film on a failed weapons-to-green project, play a controversial game about the doomed Kursk sub, and visit a show where the fatberg goes on growing

Culture

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore wins 2018 Royal Society Book Prize

Mind

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore wins 2018 Royal Society Book Prize

Culture

DNA model

Life

Artificial genes show life does not have to be based on DNA

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Health

Skin genetically engineered to destroy cocaine could prevent addiction

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After the cat: Celebrating Schrödinger’s 75-year influence on biology

Physics

After the cat: Celebrating Schrödinger’s 75-year influence on biology

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A sample and genetic information

Comment

Genetic studies intend to help people with autism, not wipe them out

Comment

dogs

Health

Puppies treated with CRISPR show improvement from muscular dystrophy

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gene sequencing

Health

DNA editing before birth could one day massively expand lifespans

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Life

We have the power to halt evolution itself – should we use it?

Leader

Bacteria can be used to turn type A blood into universal type O

Health

Bacteria can be used to turn type A blood into universal type O

A new family of enzymes found in the human gut has been used to quickly turn type A blood into type O - which can be used for transfusions in anyone

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Technology

Police can now track killers using relatives' DNA – but should they?

Insight

Health

Newly-discovered type of lung cell has central role in cystic fibrosis

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Humans

The complex and unfolding story of heredity shows genes’ true place

Culture

Humans

The truth about intelligence: What makes someone smarter than others?

Features