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Video stored in live bacterial genome using CRISPR gene editing

12 July 2017

Cutting and pasting information into living DNA could theoretically safeguard complex records through a nuclear apocalypse

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12 July 2017

Fly-by of Jupiter's storm, North America burns, predicting headaches and more

AI doctors should improve healthcare, but not at any cost

12 July 2017

Algorithms can already outperform specialists at disease diagnosis, but we must come up with a clear framework for what data they are allowed to use

Tiny laser inside your body could detect cancer, then dissolve

12 July 2017

A miniature laser can break down in the bloodstream after being used for cancer diagnostics or as a miniature in-body light source for nanomedicine therapies

Battle lines are being drawn on the best way for babies to sleep

12 July 2017

Paediatricians say sharing a bed with your baby is dangerous, but anthropologists say it is natural and beneficial. Who's right?

A veery thrush in the midst of singing its swinging song

Swinging birds play with rhythm like jazz musicians

12 July 2017

At least a handful of species of birds swing as they sing, playing with the timing in their songs in a similar way to jazz performers

Transformer robots can be printed on demand in just 13 minutes

12 July 2017

A reconfigurable robot made only from wire and motors can be printed to suit your needs. When the job is done, simply recycle it into a new robot

Large carnivores have lost more than 90 per cent of their range

11 July 2017

The hunting grounds of lions, tigers and the red and Ethiopian wolves have shrunk dramatically in the past 500 years, but a few species aren't doing as badly

Sleeping less in old age may be adaptation to survive in wild

11 July 2017

The ‘poorly-sleeping grandparent’ hypothesis backed with new evidence from Tanzania’s Hadza people, links our sleep patterns to having night sentinels