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Engineering the Microbiome: CRISPR Leads the Way
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Mar 15, 2024 | 10+ min read
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
A close up of a tick held in a pair of forceps, with Kevin Esvelt’s face out of focus in the background.
CRISPR Gene Drives and the Future of Evolution
Hannah Thomasy, PhD | Mar 15, 2024 | 10+ min read
Genetic engineering pioneer Kevin Esvelt’s work highlights biotechnology’s immense potential for good—but also for catastrophe.
A California Chinook Salmon Jumps into a waterfall during spawning season
Geneticists Light Up Debate on Salmon Conservation
Christie Wilcox, PhD | Feb 1, 2023 | 10+ min read
Splitting Chinook salmon into two groups based on their DNA could aid conservation efforts. But some researchers argue that this would be a misuse of the data.
Anthrax attacks highlight holes in US public health system
Janis Kelly(jckelly@lightlink.com) | Nov 21, 2001 | 5 min read
The bioterrorist activity in the United States has identified significant gaps in the supposed seamless and coherent response to major public health emergencies.
Stalking Sharks
Jef Akst | Aug 30, 2012 | 3 min read
Researchers monitor the movement of the Pacific’s largest predators and share the information with the world in real time.
Lessons from Biosphere 2
Mark Nelson | Aug 1, 2018 | 7 min read
Both the scientific community and the general public still have a lot to learn from the largest mesocosm research project ever conducted.
The War Rages On
Jerry A. Coyne | Jul 1, 2015 | 3 min read
Conflict between science and religion continues, with effects on health, politics, and the environment.
Science Gone Social
Sara K. Yeo, Michael A. Xenos, Dietram A. Scheufele, Michael A. Cacciatore, and Dominique Brossard | Oct 1, 2014 | 4 min read
Scientists are beginning to embrace social media as a viable means of communicating with public audiences.
Weathering Hantavirus: Ecological Monitoring Provides Predictive Model
Steve Bunk | Jul 4, 1999 | 7 min read
Photo: Steve Bunk Dave Tinnin, field research associate in the University of New Mexico's biology department, takes blood samples and measurements of rodents caught on the research station grounds. At the end of a freeway exit near Soccoro, N.M., the hairpin turn onto a gravel road is marked by a sign that warns, "Wrong Way." But it isn't the wrong way if you want to reach the University of New Mexico's (UNM) long-term ecological research (LTER) station. The sign's subterfuge is the first indi
Opinion: Science & Religion: A Centuries-old War Rages On
Jerry A. Coyne | May 18, 2015 | 4 min read
While some in the scientific and religious communities have declared an end to the tensions between faith and fact, the conflict continues to have impacts on health, politics, and the environment.

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