Grabbing the Horns From the Bull
Alison Van Eenennaam and colleagues at UC Davis, along with researchers at the biotech company Recombinetics, aim to develop a genetically hornless cattle that might one day replace cows whose horns must be physical removed through expensive and painful methods.
Hydrophobicity: Will The Water Drop Stop Or Roll?
Examine surface textures and conduct a “tilt test” to compare how materials with different surface textures repel or absorb water.
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Achieving Suspended Animation, With Help From the Water Bear
How one researcher’s curiosity about tardigrades in the 1970s led to a major breakthrough in medical science.
How To Survive The Anthropocene
A new collection of essays curated by environmentalist James Lovelock aims to help people better understand the earth.
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Amphibians Versus Fungus: Saving the Yellow-Legged Frog
What one frog’s fight against the deadly chytrid fungus could mean for the survival of imperiled amphibians around the globe.
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Can International Diplomacy Help Combat the World’s Superbugs?
The U.N. will meet next week to discuss the growing problem of antibiotic resistance around the world.
Breakthrough: A Re-Sounding Remedy
Under the care of hearing researcher Rene Gifford, Allyson Sisler-Dinwiddie became one of the first test subjects of a new technique to improve cochlear implants, devices that use electrodes to stimulate cells in the inner ear.
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Lucy’s Bones
How anthropologists peer inside scarce, ancient fossil bones to find clues about our evolutionary history.
Margaret Atwood on Dystopia, CRISPR, and ‘Oryx and Crake’
Listen to a podcast extra: Margaret Atwood live with Ira at Housing Works in NYC.