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Baby boy was treated with the first personalized gene-editing drug
The researchers used a new version of CRISPR technology, called base editing, that can replace…
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The Download: Montana’s experimental treatments, and Google DeepMind’s new AI agent
The news: A bill that allows clinics to sell unproven treatments has been passed in…
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Research cuts are threatening crucial climate data
But long-running government programs that monitor the snowpack across the West are among those being…
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The Download: Taking the temperature of snow, and the future of privacy
The Sierra’s frozen reservoir provides about a third of California’s water and most of what…
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Google DeepMind’s new AI agent uses large language models to crack real-world problems
“You can see it as a sort of super coding agent,” says Pushmeet Kohli, a…
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The first US hub for experimental medical treatments is coming
The idea that individuals have a right to access experimental treatments has in fact failed…
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Why climate researchers are taking the temperature of mountain snow
The pair of climate researchers from the Desert Research Institute (DRI) in Reno, Nevada, skied…
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The Download: CRISPR in court, and the police’s ban-skirting AI
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
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A US court just put ownership of CRISPR back in play
In patent law, this moment is known as conception—the instant a lightbulb appears over an…
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Police tech can sidestep facial recognition bans now
Companies like Flock and Axon sell suites of sensors—cameras, license plate readers, gunshot detectors, drones—and…